How do they match: Psychiatric Aides

  • Psychiatric Aides

  • Nursing Assistant
  • Behavioral Health Aide
  • Certified Nurses' Aide
  • Certified Nursing Assistant
  • Charge Aide
  • Developmental Aide
  • Developmental Diabetes Secure Care Treatment Aide
  • Mental Health Aide
  • Neuropsychiatric Aide
  • Professional Nursing Assistant
  • Psychiatric Nursing Aide
  • Psychiatric Aide
  • Psychiatric Aide Supervisor
  • Qualified Medication Aide
  • Shift 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.

  • Aid patients in becoming accustomed to hospital routines.
  • 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.
  • Restrain or aid patients as necessary to prevent injury.
  • Work as part of a team that may include psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, or social workers.

  • Assess physical conditions of patients to aid in diagnosis or treatment.