TCAE Functions PDF
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This document outlines the duties and responsibilities of a Technical Care Assistant (TCAE) in different departments of a healthcare facility. It details tasks like patient care, medication assistance, and general support. The document is likely for training or reference purposes.
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# FUNCIONES AUXILIARES DE ENFERMERÍA DEL ERA ## FUNCIONES DE LOS AUXILIARES DE ENFERMERIA - Hacer las camas de los enfermos, except when their state requires the DUE to help, in which case the bed must be clean, dry and wrinkle-free and changed as needed. - Clean and care for patients, assisting t...
# FUNCIONES AUXILIARES DE ENFERMERÍA DEL ERA ## FUNCIONES DE LOS AUXILIARES DE ENFERMERIA - Hacer las camas de los enfermos, except when their state requires the DUE to help, in which case the bed must be clean, dry and wrinkle-free and changed as needed. - Clean and care for patients, assisting the DUE when the patient's condition requires it. - If the patient cannot get out of bed, the auxiliary nurse will care for the patient in bed. - If the patient can wash themselves, the auxiliary nurse will prepare the bath at a suitable temperature and provide the patient with clean clothes and towels. - Bring wedges to patients and take them away, taking care to keep them clean. - Clean the treatment trolleys and their materials. - Receive the food trolleys and distribute the food. - Serve meals to patients, ensuring that the trays, cutlery and crockery are placed correctly and removed. The removal will be done by the appropriate personnel from the door of the patient's room. - Feed patients who cannot do so themselves, except in cases requiring special care. - Sort and organize the ward linen for the purpose of replenishing clothes and clothing, liaising with the laundry and ward services, witnessing the classification and counting of the linen, which will be carried out by the laundry staff. - By instruction of the DUE, assist in the administration of medication by mouth or rectum, excluding parenteral administration. They can also administer cleansing enemas, except in the case of seriously ill patients. - Work with the DUE under their supervision, collecting thermometric data. They will also collect any observations that have caught their attention and will report these to the aforementioned personnel, together with any spontaneous statements made by the patient about their symptoms. - Work with the DUE in shaving female patients. - Conveying verbal messages, documents and objects entrusted to them by their superiors to the orderlies for execution. - In general, all those activities which, without having a professional healthcare nature, assist the functions of the doctor and the nurse or assistant healthcare professional. ## FUNCIONES DE LOS AUXILIARES DE ENFERMERÍA EN LOS DEPARTAMENTOS DE QUIRÓFANO Y ESTERILIZACIÓN - Care for, conserve and replenish gowns, sheets, towels, etc. - Prepare dressings from gauze and other materials. - Assist the DUE in preparing the materials for sterilization. - Collect and clean the instruments used in surgical interventions, as well as assisting the qualified assistant healthcare professional in organizing the display cabinets and the medical arsenal. - In general, all those activities which, without having a professional healthcare nature, assist the functions of the doctor and the nurse or assistant healthcare professional. ## FUNCIONES DE LOS AUXILIARES DE ENFERMERÍA EN LOS DEPARTAMENTOS DE RADIO-ELECTROLOGY - Assist the DUE in providing care to patients. - Assist in preparing the X-ray cassettes, developing, classifying and distributing X-rays, and preparing the electromedical devices. - In general, all those activities which, without having a professional healthcare nature, assist the functions of the doctor and the nurse or assistant healthcare professional. ## FUNCIONES DE LAS AUXILIARES DE ENFERMERÍA EN LOS DEPARTAMENTOS DE LABORATORY - Clean and participate in organizing the dispensary and the materials used in daily work and, in general, all those activities which, without having a professional healthcare nature, assist the functions of the doctor and the nurse or assistant healthcare professional. ## FUNCIONES DE LOS AUXILIARES DE ENFERMERÍA EN EL SERVICIO DE ADMISIÓN - Accompany patients to the wards and departments assigned to them, provided they are not transported by stretcher and, in general, they will carry out all those activities which, without having a professional healthcare nature, assist the functions of the doctor and the nurse or assistant healthcare professional. ## FUNCIONES DE LOS AUXILIARES DE ENFERMERÍA EN THE DEPARTMENT OF OUTPATIENT CONSULTATIONS - Assist the DUE in their role regarding patients who may need hospitalization and, in general, carry out all those activities which, without having a professional healthcare nature, assist the functions of the doctor and the nurse or assistant healthcare professional ## FUNCIONES DE LOS AUXILIARES DE ENFERMERÍA EN EL SERVICIO DE PHARMACY - Collaborate with the DUE or Pharmacy Assistant in the ordering of ready-made supplies and healthcare products. - Assist in transporting ready-made supplies and healthcare products, provided their volume and weight do not exceed the limits set out in the current legislation. - Attend to the other relationships of the Pharmacy with the wards and Departments and Services of the Institution. - In general, all those activities which, without having a professional healthcare nature, assist the functions of the doctor and the nurse or assistant healthcare professional. ## FUNCIONES DE LOS AUXILIARES DE ENFERMERÍA IN THE REHABILITATION UNIT - Care for and clean patients. - Clean and tidy the materials used in the Rehabilitation Unit, under the supervision of the DUE. - Assist these staff in positioning or securing patients in the special place for their treatment. - Check static postures of patients, under the supervision of the DUE. - Undress and dress patients when their treatment requires this. - In general, all those activities which, without having a professional healthcare nature, assist the functions of the doctor and the nurse or assistant healthcare professional. ## FUNCIONES DE LOS AUXILIARES DE ENFERMERÍA IN OPEN HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS - Collecting and providing personal support to patients. - Receiving referral forms and documents for the care of patients. - Distributing patients for better organization during visiting hours. - Writing logbooks, referral forms, vouchers or reports. - Cleaning display cabinets, materials and equipment. - Preparing clothes, bandages, dressings and treatment materials. - Collecting clinical data, limited exclusively to thermometric data and those signs obtained by non-instrumental patient examination, for which purpose they have been given express instructions by the Nurses or Assistant Healthcare Professionals, as well as guidance from the responsible doctor. - Collecting signs and spontaneous statements made by patients about their symptoms, limiting themselves to informing the doctor, nurse or Assistant Healthcare Professional on whom they depend. - In general, all those activities which, without having a professional healthcare nature, assist the functions of the doctor and the nurse or assistant healthcare professional. ## PROHIBITIONS REFERRED TO NURSING AUXILIARIES Nursing Auxiliaries are prohibited from performing the following tasks: - Administering medication by parenteral route. - Making incisions, punctures or any other diagnostic or preventive technique. - Applying non-medicinal curative treatments. - Administering medicines or specific substances when it requires special instruments or procedures. - Assisting medical staff in performing surgical interventions. - Assisting the doctor directly during outpatient consultations. - In general, performing duties within the competence of Qualified Assistant Healthcare Professionals.