How do they match: Psychiatric Aides

  • Nursing Assistant
  • Certified Nurses' Aide
  • Certified Nursing Assistant
  • Professional Nursing Assistant
  • Psychiatric Nursing Aide

  • 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.

  • Complete administrative tasks, such as entering orders into computer, answering telephone calls, or maintaining medical or facility information.
  • Interview patients upon admission and record information.
  • Perform nursing duties, such as administering medications, measuring vital signs, collecting specimens, or drawing blood samples.
  • Provide patients with cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities with routine physical, emotional, psychological, or rehabilitation care under the direction of nursing or medical staff.
  • Record and maintain patient information, such as vital signs, eating habits, behavior, progress notes, treatments, or discharge plans.
  • Work as part of a team that may include psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, or social workers.

  • Interview patients to gather medical information.
  • Record vital statistics or other health information.