hello,
i'm wondering if pcts perform any of these duties at our hospitals here in texas. please give your input, so far i've heard from to baylor employees that they don't.
"clinical job duties of the patient care assistant may include: discontinuation of iv's, clean and irrigate lacerations set up rapid infusor, heptafiler setup. answer phones locate equipment and transport non critical patients and assist with critical patients. foley catheters dressing changes and feed patients assist with comfort measures / safety measures. attend to the psyche patients and escort patients to treatment areas, clean rooms, collect specimens, chest tube setups relieve mr's, clinitech documentation and collection change sharp boxes and o2. decontamination procedures ekg's, assist with o2 delivery clean instruments and post-mortem care. copy charts for admissions splint assistance, suction, crutch walking instructions and adjustments take vital signs and assist with pelvic exams perform phlebotomy.
the pct provides basic nursing care on assigned patients as delegated by the rn ,lvn or lpn and completes other duties as required."