Staff Nurse

1.During Admission

• Initial nursing assessment during admission
• Providing patient and relative orientation about room and nursing services
• Carrying out the primary orders as per the doctors instructions.

2.During Patient Stay

• Responsible for providing clean, safe and patient friendly environment to the patient.
• Maintaining personal hygiene and comfort of the patient.
• Attending the nutritional needs of the patient.
• Co-ordinates patient care with various health team members.
• Placing Indent for required medication pharmacy.
• Administration of drugs as per order by following safe injection practices.
• Performs clinical task e.g. administration of medication, assisting doctors in various medical procedures, preparing articles.
• Observe changes in patient condition and records, take necessary action and reports to the concerned authority.
• Accompanies very ill patients at the time of transfer/ investigation to other related department.
• Collection and sending various samples to laboratory with documentary proof.
• Assisting blood/blood product transfusion as per SOP under the supervisor of the doctor.
• Ensuring nutrition/hydration/administration/ of RT feed
• Ensuring provision of clean and non infected linen to the patient and relative as per linen policy.
• Taking immediate action to resolve/clear any negative impressions complaint or distress expressed in any way by the patient or family.

3.Documentation

• Documents patient’s progress in nursing notes.
• Writes the nursing care plan and nurses notes on daily basis.

Maintain vital signs chart, I/o chart, medication chart, Blood sugar, monitoring chart.

4.Patient Education

• Provide health education and on discharge education to the patient based on the discharge.

5.Inventory Management

• Handover and takeover of the patients and ward equipment supply.
• Prepare and check ward supplies.
• Check the crash cart/monitors/ventilators etc in every shift to take care of emergency
• Inform to nursing incharge about non-functioning of any equipment.