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PSYCHIATRIC ATTENDANT

Specialty Definition: PSYCHIATRIC ATTENDANT

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Occupations

Assists patients, working under direction of nursing and medical staff in psychiatric, chemical dependency, or similar setting: Accompanies patients to shower rooms, and assists them in bathing, dressing, and grooming. Accompanies patients to and from wards for examination and treatment, administers prescribed medications, measures vital signs, performs routine nursing procedures, such as collecting laboratory specimens, giving enemas and douches, and drawing blood samples, and records information in patients' charts. Assists patients in becoming accustomed to hospital routine and encourages them to participate in social and recreational activities to promote rehabilitation. Observes patients to ensure that none wanders from ward areas or grounds. Feeds patients or attempts to persuade them to eat, and notes and records reasons for rejection of food. Observes patients to detect unusual behavior, and aids or restrains them to prevent injury to themselves or others. May escort patients off grounds to medical or dental appointments, library, church services, motion pictures, or athletic events. May clean rooms, ward furnishings, walls, and floors, using water, detergents, and disinfectants. May change bed linens. May interview patients upon admission and record data obtained. May be designated Ward Supervisor (medical ser.) when responsible for patient care and other services of single ward. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: PSYCHIATRIC ATTENDANT


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 53 59 43 48 49 41 54 52 49 43      41 54 54 45 4E 44 41 4E 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01010011 01011001 01000011 01001000 01001001 01000001 01010100 01010010 01001001 01000011 00100000 01000001 01010100 01010100 01000101 01001110 01000100 01000001 01001110 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#83 &#89 &#67 &#72 &#73 &#65 &#84 &#82 &#73 &#67 &#32 &#65 &#84 &#84 &#69 &#78 &#68 &#65 &#78 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0053 0059 0043 0048 0049 0041 0054 0052 0049 0043      0041 0054 0054 0045 004E 0044 0041 004E 0054

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50535937424335545243372355454394838354854

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