Patient Observer PRN

Patient Observer

The Patient Observer attends to and consoles patients during their stay at Baylor. They may help with oral and personal hygiene, dressing, undressing, and changing bed linens. They perform non-complex patient care activities and tasks, including light housekeeping, as delegated by a nurse or physician.

Essential Functions of the Role :

• Follows nurse and physician instructions and attends to assigned patients at all times
• Helps patients with limited mobility or stamina dress and undress. Prepares patients for meals by positioning tray tables and feeding.
• Positions, raises, and helps patients walk or move as directed by a nurse or physician. Follows standard safety lifting procedures and calls for help when needed.
• Helps patient with personal and oral hygiene including bathing, showering, shaving, dental care
• Helps patients in using bedpans, urinals etc.
• Maintains clean patient care environment by changing bed linens, disposing of refuse, removing soiled linen
• Performs light housekeeping duties in patient rooms as requested

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