Orderly
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Orderlies are often utilized in various hospital departments. Orderly duties can range in scope depending on the area of the health care facility they are employed. For that reason, duties can range from assisting in the physical restraint of combative patients, assisting physicians with the application of casts, transporting patients, shaving patients and providing other similar routine personal care to setting up specialised hospital equipment such as bed traction arrays.
Orderlies are typically found in emergency departments, operating rooms, psychiatry, long-term care, and orthopaedics.
Orderlies are described as non licensed hospital assistants that are instructed to perform delegated functions under the direct supervision of a licensed practitioner in the health care setting.
In the US, orderlies have been phased out of health care facilities in recent years and their functions are now replaced by the
Orderlies in UK hospitals were known as "attendants" (primarily in lunatic asylums), but that role has been phased out. The nearest role left to a male hospital assistant is that of porter, but that is more a logistical role, moving patients and equipment around the hospital. This is not to be confused with healthcare assistants (HCAs) who are essentially carers for patients (not qualified or licensed health care professionals), and may be of both sexes. Porters, of which two are assigned each shift, attened every emergency medical call within the hospital throughout all NHS trusts. The porter is assigned to the MET to provide extra assistance such as transporting emergency equipment, lab work etc.
A common set up among hospitals in Australia is seen at the
See also
- Certified Nursing Assistant
- Activities of daily living assistance
References
- ^ "orderly in the Cambridge English Dictionary". dictionary.cambridge.org. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
External links
- The dictionary definition of orderly at Wiktionary
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