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Same rules apply. If he's competent, professional, polite and eager to learn, there should be no shortage of pertinent things for him to do.
Im sure things are different across the globe. Around here the hospitals do not want students with no certifications to do that much during their rotations.
The most they will allow is putting patients on O2, and helping with compressions should a code come through the door.
Its polite to offer to help clean beds/change sheets and what not, but there isnt much that a Basic student can do in terms of patient care in the hospital. They are usually ok if you want to assess patients but those skills might still be in their infancy depending on when in the semester the student does their clinicals.