Registered Nurse

Clinical Function

• Nursing care is a direct service, which includes various components needed to maintain or restore individuals optimum health status.
• Assessing and reporting physiological, pathological, and psychological, signs symptoms of the patient.
• Nursing care starts from entry to exit: (from admission to discharge)
• Admits, transfer and discharges the patient.
• Maintains the highest possible standard of patient care at all times.
• Foster good patient nurse relationship.
• Accompanies attending doctors on rounds and Implements Treatment required.
• Maintain clean and safe environment for the patients.
• Performs technical task.
• Administration of medications according to the hospital medication administration policy.
• Assisting doctors in various diagnostic and curative procedures.
• Preparing articles and the patient for medical or nursing procedures,
• C.V line care, tracheotomy suction, endo-tracheal suction, O2 therapy, administration of blood, TPN transfusion
• Tube feeding, giving enema, bowel wash, stomach wash
• To maintain personal hygiene of a patient.
• Doing dressing, eye and ear care.
• Collecting and sending specimen in Pathology dept.
• Pre and postoperative care. Collect the investigation reports in urgent basis or routine and communicate the reports to the consultant time to time.
• Perineal care, breast care, baby care etc.
• Observes changes in-patient's condition and records, takes necessary action and reports to the concerned authority.
• Accompanies patients while transferring to other department or transporting for any purpose.
• Giving psychological support to the patient.
• Take care to the nutritional needs of the patient.
• Participate in clinical teaching- planned and incidental.
• Participate in in -service education programmes

Imparts health education to the patient and his/her family