Opinion ID: 764885
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Heading: Material duties of Kinstler's regular occupation

Text: 47 With Kinstler's regular occupation thus defined, it is clear, as the District Court ruled, that some material duties of her occupation require performance of non-sedentary tasks, even though at a large hospital, a director of nursing might have only the sedentary tasks identified in the Labor Department's Dictionary. Kinstler's position required her to stand for 25 percent of the work day and to perform clinical duties for 40 percent of the day. Furthermore, she was required to respond to medical crises as needed, to be trained in CPR, and to provide direct patient care when covering for absent nurses. In light of these facts, a position of the same general character as Kinstler's position at an agency like Project Return, requiring similar skills and training, and involving comparable duties, Dawes, 851 F. Supp. at 122, includes some non-sedentary activities, and the evidence is undisputed that she is disabled from performing such tasks. Though her precise duties do not define her regular occupation, in this case they well illustrate the duties of a director of nursing at a small health care facility, and nothing in the record provides any basis for thinking that such a position at a facility comparable to hers requires only sedentary tasks. 48 Upon de novo review of the denial of her claim, the District Court properly awarded benefits.