Acupuncturists
Diagnose, treat, and prevent disorders by stimulating specific acupuncture points within the body using acupuncture needles. May also use cups, nutritional supplements, therapeutic massage, acupressure, and other alternative health therapies.
- Tasks
- 18 tasks18 core
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- Healthcare PractitionersOne of its 96 occupations
- Code
- 29-1291.00SOC 2018: 29-1291
What the work is made of
All 18 are core tasks, each quoted as published, with the survey it came from.
Core: central to the job
- Task 1. Develop individual treatment plans and strategies.Core taskTask 17370Rated by 48 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 2. Adhere to local, state, and federal laws, regulations, and statutes.Core taskTask 17361Rated by 49 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 3. Insert needles to provide acupuncture treatment.Core taskTask 17372Rated by 49 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 4. Identify correct anatomical and proportional point locations based on patients' anatomy and positions, contraindications, and precautions related to treatments, such as intradermal needles, moxibustion, electricity, guasha, or bleeding.Core taskTask 17373Rated by 49 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 5. Collect medical histories and general health and lifestyle information from patients.Core taskTask 17366Rated by 49 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 6. Treat patients using tools, such as needles, cups, ear balls, seeds, pellets, or nutritional supplements.Core taskTask 17362Rated by 49 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 7. Analyze physical findings and medical histories to make diagnoses according to Oriental medicine traditions.Core taskTask 17369Rated by 48 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 8. Maintain and follow standard quality, safety, environmental, and infection control policies and procedures.Core taskTask 17357Rated by 49 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 9. Educate patients on topics, such as meditation, ergonomics, stretching, exercise, nutrition, the healing process, breathing, or relaxation techniques.Core taskTask 17363Rated by 48 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 10. Dispense herbal formulas and inform patients of dosages and frequencies, treatment duration, possible side effects, and drug interactions.Core taskTask 17359Rated by 49 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 11. Maintain detailed and complete records of health care plans and prognoses.Core taskTask 17358Rated by 49 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 12. Assess patients' general physical appearance to make diagnoses.Core taskTask 17365Rated by 49 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 13. Formulate herbal preparations to treat conditions considering herbal properties, such as taste, toxicity, effects of preparation, contraindications, and incompatibilities.Core taskTask 17356Rated by 49 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 14. Apply heat or cold therapy to patients using materials, such as heat pads, hydrocollator packs, warm compresses, cold compresses, heat lamps, or vapor coolants.Core taskTask 17368Rated by 49 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 15. Consider Western medical procedures in health assessment, health care team communication, and care referrals.Core taskTask 17360Rated by 49 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 16. Evaluate treatment outcomes and recommend new or altered treatments as necessary to further promote, restore, or maintain health.Core taskTask 17364Rated by 49 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 17. Treat medical conditions, using techniques such as acupressure, shiatsu, or tuina.Core taskTask 17371Rated by 49 people who do the job, August 2020
- Task 18. Apply moxibustion directly or indirectly to patients using Chinese, non-scarring, stick, or pole moxa.Core taskTask 17367Rated by 49 people who do the job, August 2020
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How we copy and credit sources- Published byO*NET 29.0, U.S. Department of LaborEmployment and Training Administration
- ClassificationStandard Occupational Classification 2018, 29-1291
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- Changed by usNothing.
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