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Updated: 05/24/2013
Psychiatric Technician: Gives nursing care to... [+] More
Psychiatric Technician: Gives nursing care to mentally ill, emotionally disturbed, or mentally retarded patients in psychiatric hospital or mental health clinic and participates in rehabilitation and treatment programs. Helps patients with their personal hygiene, such as bathing and keeping beds, clothing, and living areas clean.
Follows physician's prescriptions and hospital procedures, administering oral medications and hypodermic injections. Takes and records measures of patient's general physical condition, such as pulse, temperature, and respiration, to provide daily information. Observes patients to detect behavior patterns and reports observations to medical staff. Intervenes to restrain violent or potentially violent or suicidal patients by verbal or physical means as required. Leads prescribed individual or group therapy sessions as part of specific therapeutic procedures. May complete initial admittance forms for new patients. May contact patient's relatives by telephone to arrange family conferences. May issue medications from dispensary and maintain records in accordance with specified procedures. May be required to hold state license. (Source: eDOT Job Description) [-] Less
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A renter's cost of living for someone making $42,737 in Springfield, Oregon is 98.2% of the US National Average. For more information, or to compare cost of living data between two cities, click here.
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