Acupuncturists

• Maintain and follow standard quality, safety, environmental and infection control policies and procedures.
• Adhere to local, state and federal laws, regulations and statutes.
• Identify correct anatomical and proportional point locations based on patients' anatomy and positions, contraindications, and precautions related to treatments such as intradermal needles, moxibution, electricity, guasha, and bleeding.
• Maintain detailed and complete records of health care plans and prognoses.
• Analyze physical findings and medical histories to make diagnoses according to Oriental medicine traditions.
• Treat patients using tools such as needles, cups, ear balls, seeds, pellets, and nutritional supplements.
• Develop individual treatment plans and strategies.
• Collect medical histories and general health and life style information from patients.
• Evaluate treatment outcomes and recommend new or altered treatments as necessary to further promote, restore, or maintain health.
• Dispense herbal formulas and inform patients of dosages and frequencies, treatment duration, possible side effects and drug interactions.
• Assess patients' general physical appearance to make diagnoses.
• Educate patients on topics such as meditation, ergonomics, stretching, exercise, nutrition, the healing process, breathing, and relaxation techniques.
• Formulate herbal preparations to treat conditions considering herbal properties such as taste, toxicity, effects of preparation, contraindications, and incompatibilities.
• Consider Western medical procedures in health assessment, health care team communication, and care referrals.
• Apply heat or cold therapy to patients using materials such as heat pads, hydrocollator packs, warm compresses, cold compresses, heat lamps, and vapor coolants.
• Apply moxibustion directly or indirectly to patients using Chinese, non-scarring, stick, or pole moxa.
• Treat medical conditions using techniques such as acupressure, shiatsu, and tuina.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Acupuncturists.

• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Acupuncturists.