Answer: 1 2 3 Patient care assistants can make occupied and unoccupied beds. Taking routine vital signs is within the scope of practice of patient care assistants. Answering call lights and meeting clients' basic safety hygiene and comfort needs are within the scope of practice of patient care assistants. Watching a client take oral medications is part of procedure for administration of medications which requires a professional license. Emptying a closed chest drainage system for intake and output is inappropriate; a closed chest drainage system is not emptied for intake and output. Documentation is indicated on the outside of the drainage collection chamber.
A nurse arrives for work to find that the medical unit is short-staffed. Nursing administration has called several staffing agencies but they are unable to send a replacement nurse for three hours. The nursing care coordinator sends a recently oriented patient care assistant to help relieve the b...