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patient care technician,

a health technician working under the supervision of a registered nurse, physician, or other health professional to provide basic patient care. Duties may include taking vital signs, obtaining blood and urine samples, performing basic diagnostic tests, and assisting the physician as needed.

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Dialysis, Kidney kidney dialysis unlicensed assistive personnel			The trend to dissolve the phlebotomy staff and reassign them as patient care technicians (PCTs) or a similar appellation was gaining such a foothold in the industry that one prognosticating author went so far as to suggest "the phlebotomist now faces extinction," and predict that by 2010 all venipunctures would be "performed by a team of patient care technicians. Has decentralized phlebotomy run its course? by Ernst, Dennis J. / Medical Laboratory Observer For example, if you required the lift staff to have a patient care technician (PCT)/certified nursing assistant (CNA) certification, there would be less need for the RN to be in the room. Lift team prevents staff/patient injuries, saves money: assess injury ... by Kelly, Devon / Nursing Homes Depending on the employer, the CNA may also be known as home health aides, personal caregivers, nurse aids, patient care technicians, or other titles, but the basic job description is the same. The CNA in Today's Nursing Field by Russ Bundy / Reference and Education community			pathologist pathologist's disease pathologist's tumor Pathologist’s Disease Pathologist’s Shoulder pathologists' assistant pathologize pathology pathology consultation pathomimesis pathomimicry pathomorphism pathonomia pathophysiology pathopsychology pathosis pathway pathway of inflammation pathya patient patient advocate patient assignment patient autonomy patient Bill of Rights patient care committee patient care technician patient compensation fund Patient compliance patient confidentiality patient contracting patient cooperation patient day patient dumping patient educatlon patient empowerment patient history patient informatics patient interview patient load patient medical record patient mix patient plan of care patient population patient record patient release criteria patient representative patient representative services Patient Right to Know Act patient rights protection Patient Self-Determination Act patient tracking			Patient Billing and Payment Solutions Patient Business Services Patient care Patient care Patient care Patient care Patient Care Advocate Patient Care Associate Patient Care Automation Services patient care committee Patient Care Component Patient Care Coordination Patient Care Data Set Patient Care Delivery Model Patient Care Evaluation Patient Care Information System Patient Care Management System Patient Care Network Patient Care Pharmacist Patient Care Related Reading Patient Care Report Patient Care Report Form Patient Care Satisfaction Questionnaire Patient Care Services Patient Care System Patient Care Team Member Patient Care Technican patient care technician Patient Care Technologies Patient Care Technology Group Patient Care Technology Systems Patient Case Report Language Patient Centred Virtual Enterprises Patient Classification and Staffing System Patient Classification Systems International Patient Clinical Complexity Level patient compensation fund patient compliance patient compliance patient compliance patient compliance Patient confidentiality Patient confidentiality Patient confidentiality Patient Consent Form patient consultation patient consultation patient consultation patient contracting patient contracting Patient Contributed Image Repository Patient controlled analgesia Patient controlled analgesia Patient controlled analgesia patient controlled analgesia assistance patient controlled analgesia assistance patient controlled analgesia assistance Patient Controlled Analgesia Machine

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