Nursing assistants work under the supervision of nurses and medical staff. They handle many of the routine tasks associated with patient care and assist medical staff with setting up equipment, moving and storing supplies, and (some) basic procedures. Patient care duties may include feeding, dressing, and bathing patients; changing linens, escorting patients to operating and exam rooms, and emptying bedpans. Some nursing assistants may be responsible for taking patients temperature, respiration and pulse rate, and blood pressure.