1. To ensure that wearing uniforms supplied from the hospital
2. Staff nurses posted in any department (ward, ICU, ICCU, OT, etc.) are responsible to the sister in-charge of that department for all administrative and clinical work. As far as sister in-charge of that department for all administrative and clinical work. As far as clinical work is concerned, they are also responsible to the Resident Doctors on duty and to specialists.
3. Any other duty, administrative or clinical, assigned by her senior related to nursing.
4. Administrative Duties:
a. Handling over and taking over charge on change of duty staff
b. Cleanliness of ward, annexes, furniture, linen, equipment and stores
c. Preparation of demands for diets.
d. Preparation of dressings, bandaging and splints and items required for dealing with emergencies.
e. Keeping an inventory of all items under their charge.
f. Ensure the serviceability of all equipment and stores on charge and accounting for them.
g. Safe custody and accounting of dangerous and controlled drugs.
h. Replenishment of expandable stores and obtaining replacement of unserviceable non-expandable items, in accordance with standing orders.
i. Exchanging of clean linen and patients' clothing for soiled ones.
j. Disinfecting the ward, when required.
k. Safe custody and maintenance of medical records of patients.
l. Control of visitors and public relation.
Clinical Duties and Responsibilities of nurse staff:
Admission and discharge of patients.
Preparation of patient's file
Sending the patient's file at the reception at the time of discharge
Getting the discharge summary prepared by the Duty Doctor/ Consultant.
Informing all ward transfers to the reception.
Assistance and instructions to patients and their relatives and imparting health education to patients/ relatives.
Personal hygiene of patients, viz. sponging, care of mouth, back etc.
Serving and removing hot water bottles, urinals and bedpans.
Feeding of patients who cannot eat themselves.
Ward round with Nursing Superintendent and Consultant if required.
Administration of medicines and/or injections as ordered and recording the same in the case sheet.
Assisting doctor in carrying out certain procedures whenever required.
Assisting and actually carrying out technical procedures like sterilization, preparation of injection, indenting of medicines, giving enema, oxygen therapy etc.
Collecting samples for investigations whenever required. Getting all tests done, which the treatment doctor orders.
Taking and recording of vital signs like pulse, BP, temperature and respiration.
Pre-and post-operative care of the patients.
Escorting patients to and from the department/ OT, either herself or with the help of ward boy.
Supervision of housekeeping staff. Getting patient's room cleaned ----- a day.
At each change of over, the outgoing nurse
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