Who are Patient Care Technicians and what do they do?
Patient Care Technicians work along side doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals to provide direct patient care in a variety of healthcare environments. The Patient Care Technician (PCT) plays a vital role in the healthcare delivery setting often having more patient contact than any other team member including doctors and nurses. The Patient Care Technician (PCT) assists patients with many tasks that they can not do for themselves while they are in hospitals, rehabilitation clinics, assisted living facilities, nursing homes or long-term care facilities. PCT may assist patients with tasks such as eating, getting out of bed, taking a bath, and brushing their teeth and hair. The Patient Care Technician can also be called a hospital attendants, nurses assistants, certified nurse assistant, CNA clinical support associate, health care assistant and nurses aides among others depending on the nature of the facility. About the Patient Care Technician Program (available at both the Ri
