How do they match: Psychiatric Aides

  • Direct Care Worker
  • Professional Nursing Assistant

  • 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 physical checks and monitor patients to detect unusual or harmful behavior and report observations to professional staff.
  • Listen and provide emotional support and encouragement to psychiatric patients.
  • Provide mentally impaired or emotionally disturbed patients with routine physical, emotional, psychological, or rehabilitation care under the direction of nursing or medical staff.

  • Confer with other professionals to plan patient care.