Yesterday was quite eventful as I was stopped by multiple patients during my usual water run. As I went from room to room one patient stopped me as he wanted to talk to me. After talking with him for a little while I continued distributing waters and was stopped once again by a patient who needed assistance drinking her water. After having helped her, I asked if she needed me to do anything else for her and she asked if I could feed her. Unsure if I was allowed to as a volunteer, I went down to the nurses station to let the nurses know she needed help being fed as this was a task for a Patient Care Assistant (PCA). With permission from the patient's nurse and PCA I fed the patient her soup and engaged in a bit of conversation with her. While doing so, the patient in the next bed over had asked me if I could help her get up out of bed. I took one quick glance at her and noticed that the nurses had strapped her in bed as she was not allowed to get up. It was clear that she was to stay in bed so I assured her that if she needed anything else she could use the button on her remote to call the nurses station. I then returned to feeding her neighbor and as I was about to leave I asked if she needed anything else then proceeded to finish distributing waters. In completing these tasks I learned a lot about Patient Care Assistants.
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