How do they match: Psychiatric Aides

  • Nursing Assistant
  • Certified Nurses' Aide
  • Certified Nursing Assistant
  • Developmental Diabetes Secure Care Treatment Aide
  • Direct Care Worker
  • Patient Care Assistant
  • Professional Nursing Assistant
  • Psychiatric Nursing Aide
  • Resident Care Tech
  • Resident Care Technician
  • Residential Care Tech
  • Residential Care Technician

  • Assist mentally impaired or emotionally disturbed patients, working under direction of nursing and medical staff. May assist with daily living activities, lead patients in educational and recreational activities, or accompany patients to and from examinations and treatments. May restrain violent patients. Includes psychiatric orderlies.

  • Perform nursing duties, such as administering medications, measuring vital signs, collecting specimens, or drawing blood samples.
  • Provide mentally impaired or emotionally disturbed patients with routine physical, emotional, psychological, or rehabilitation care under the direction of nursing or medical staff.
  • Work as part of a team that may include psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, or social workers.

  • Care for patients with mental illnesses.
  • Confer with other professionals to plan patient care.