Title: Assist the patient/client in admission, discharge, and/or transfer per facility policy.
Course: Patient Care Technician (14051-III) > Section: Demonstrating Medical Procedures and Patient Care and Comfort Measures

Assistance should include

- interfacility
- discharge to home
- discharge to outside facility
- new admission.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What should a PCT do if a patient/client is scheduled to be discharged and the patient’s/client’s IV has not been removed?
- What should a PCT do when they discover medicines in the personal belongings of a new admission? What procedures and paperwork are required?
- What are special considerations to be taken when admitting, discharging, or transferring a patient with a cardiac or oxygen monitor?