Talk:Orderly

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the article stated that orderlies are phased out in favor of PAs. while a few of their tasks may overlap, PAs also do a tremendous amount of assessment and diagnostic work. their work is not routine at all, and involves risks for the patient in a similar fashion to what physicians do. ---bob 09:21, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In most Australian hospitals, I believe the equivalent of a Health Care Assistant/Certified Nursing Assistant/Patient Care Assistant is what is called an AIN (Assistant in Nursing). AINs perform virtually none of the roles an orderly does. In hospitals that do not have orderlies there are typically no AINs either and the nurses complete the duties of both Orderly and AIN. Implicit is that registered and enrolled nurses usually do the work of an AIN as part of their job in any case. AINs in many cases are trainee Registered nurses.

Operations assistants and orderlies in general are required to have CPR training (like the HCA), although they are not required to play any part in patient obs. etc...

--Chaz 13:17, 20 April 2008 (GMT +10)

Why is this article Australia Centric? I believe this term is used on other English speaking countries and probably some commonwealth countries as well.

There is no need for the para "The Operating Suites at St George Hospital, Sydney, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney employ OAs to assist in the daily operation of the suite.", reference to Spotless or Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide.

Charles evesson (talk) 13:21, 26 June 2011 (UTC) - I only have information on orderlys in Australia, operations assistants being a common specialist orderly in the Australian hospital system. Would be happy to add to this section if someone directs me to info about other countries.[reply]

Just a quick note. In the US, orderlies have been phased out of health care facilities in recent years and their function are now replaced by gender neutral terms such as Patient Care Assistant and/or Certified Nursing Assistant. In the U.S. "Orderly" is seen mostly in outdated fiction and old court cases as well as some government job descriptions in need of updating. The term remains common in Canada and other countries. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nicci U. Arenn (talk • contribs) 06:52, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]