Talk:Orderly

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the article stated that orderlies are phased out in favor of PAs. while a few of their tasks may overlap, PAs also do a tremendous amount of assessment and diagnostic work. their work is not routine at all, and involves risks for the patient in a similar fashion to what physicians do. ---bob 09:21, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

In most Australian hospitals, I believe the equivalent of a Health Care Assistant/Certified Nursing Assistant/Patient Care Assistant is what is called an AIN (Assistant in Nursing). AINs perform virtually none of the roles an orderly does. In hospitals that do not have orderlies there are typically no AINs either and the nurses complete the duties of both Orderly and AIN. Implicit is that registered and enrolled nurses usually do the work of an AIN as part of their job in any case. AINs in many cases are trainee Registered nurses.

Operations assistants and orderlies in general are required to have CPR training (like the HCA), although they are not required to play any part in patient obs. etc...

--Chaz 13:17, 20 April 2008 (GMT +10)