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Detailed Needs and Requirements: Psychiatric Unit
The social worker also provides a service to patients and their families,
and, is responsible to seek improvement, where appropriate, of the
social situation to which the patient will return.
The social worker may participate in training programs of the hospital
and may undertake or participate in research projects.
11. Laboratory Personnel
Laboratory Personnel will collect specimens not collected by the unit
staff.
12. Researchers
Psychiatric research is concerned with the normal and abnormal
ranges of mental health. It may be carried out by professionals with
patient care responsibilities or those almost exclusively involved in
research. Areas of research include behavioral studies, psycho-
pharmaceutical studies, psychobiological studies and studies of
treatment program effectiveness.
Methods involve clinical observation and clinical and laboratory testing.
Many measurement procedures are routine and may be done in a
central clinical laboratory; however, lab work may, in a few special
instances, be done on the unit.
Audio-visual monitoring systems linked to patients' rooms may be used
for observation of physiological and behavioral symptoms. Centralized
computer systems may be used to process statistical data.
13. Maintenance
See 512.2
14. Building Management
See 512.3
15. Dietary Personnel
Dietary personnel will be responsible for the delivery of patients' meals
either on individual trays or in bulk and for the collection and return of
the soiled food receptacles to dishwashing and disposing area.
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