How do they match: Psychiatric Aides

  • Professional Nursing Assistant

  • Complete administrative tasks, such as entering orders into computer, answering telephone calls, or maintaining medical or facility information.
  • Complete physical checks and monitor patients to detect unusual or harmful behavior and report observations to professional staff.
  • Interview patients upon admission and record information.
  • Record and maintain patient information, such as vital signs, eating habits, behavior, progress notes, treatments, or discharge plans.

  • Confer with other professionals to plan patient care.
  • Interview patients to gather medical information.
  • Record vital statistics or other health information.