PSYCHIATRIC AIDES: Assist mentally ill patients, working under direction of nursing and medical staff.

• Analyze patient activity
• Apply appropriate physical restraint
• Apply gerontology theory
• Apply human developmental disease theory
• Apply human disabilities theory
• Apply infectious materials procedures
• Apply institutional care procedures
• Apply interpersonal communication techniques
• Apply nursing practices & procedures
• Apply nutritional practices
• Apply patient care procedures
• Apply patient observation procedures
• Apply personal care procedures
• Apply sanitation practices to health care
• Apply/interpret written instructions
• Care for mentally ill patients
• Collect specimens
• Comprehend body response variations
• Feed patients
• Give enemas
• Inventory medical supplies and instruments
• Keep records & maintain files
• Lift/transport ill/injured persons
• Manage client assets in institutional or assisted living situations
• Manage medical records
• Perform patient observation
• Perform routine medical treatments
• Provide first aid/CPR auxiliary to related job duties
• Recognize home safety hazards as part of health care services
• Refer patients to community resources
• Supervise adult care residents
• Take vital signs
• Understand & use medical terminology
• Use behavior modification with institutionalized/developmentally disabled
• Use isolation procedures for infected laundry
• Use nursing terminology
• Use personal/vital care procedures in institutional living facility
• Use physical intervention techniques in clinical/institutional setting
• Use principles of gerontology
• Weigh patients
• Work with persons with mental disabilities/illnesses