orderlies
Ward staff members
Orderlies are attendants in a hospital or medical facility who perform non-medical tasks—transporting patients, changing linens, moving equipment, and assisting nurses.
The term comes from military usage, where an orderly was a soldier assigned to carry orders or attend to an officer.
Two orderlies wheeled him into surgery.
People who assist others
- caregiversThose who tend others
- stretcher-bearersThose who carry wounded
Concern for others' distress
- patienceCalm during delays
- strengthPower to exert force
- reliabilityConsistent, predictable performance
- discretionCareful judgment in speech
teamwork · stamina · attentiveness · gentleness · calm · professionalism · empathy · dedication
Protected dependents or districts
- corridorsEnclosed building passages
- intensive-careAcute medical monitoring unit
- hospitalsInstitutions treating the sick
- clinicsOutpatient treatment facilities
Moves or work periods
- roundsAmmunition or bout divisions
- understaffedInsufficient employees for workload
- overtimeWork beyond scheduled hours
- on-callAvailable when summoned
attendants
People who assist others
- caregiversThose who tend others
- stretcher-bearersThose who carry wounded
compassion
Concern for others' distress
- patienceCalm during delays
- strengthPower to exert force
- reliabilityConsistent, predictable performance
discretion · teamwork · stamina · attentiveness · gentleness · calm · professionalism · empathy · dedication · trustworthiness
wards
Protected dependents or districts
- corridorsEnclosed building passages
- intensive-careAcute medical monitoring unit
- hospitalsInstitutions treating the sick
shifts
Moves or work periods
- roundsAmmunition or bout divisions
- understaffedInsufficient employees for workload
- overtimeWork beyond scheduled hours
on-call · union · entry-level · frontline
bed-making
Arranging sleep surfaces
- repositioningMoving to new spot
- bed-bathsWashing bedridden patients
- workersworkers, employee, employees, laborer, laborers
- hospitalshospital, ER, emergency room, ICU, operating room
- military medicinecombat medics, combat medic, field hospitals, army surgeon, combat medicine
- sanatoriumssanatorium, patients, tuberculosis, TB, rest cure
- support staffassistant, support staff, aide, administrative assistants, helper
- servantsbutler, maid, servant, servants, domestics
orderlieschief of medicine
Hospital's top physician
surgeons · physicians · doctors · attending physicians · chief of surgery
orderliesdisorderlies
People acting unruly
rowdies · troublemakers · rioters · hooligans