Staff Nurse / Nursing Assistant

• Render direct nursing care to the patient an assigned by the OPD/ Ward In-charge

• Plan, organize and render comprehensive nursing care

• Utilize available resources in giving patient care

• Ensure comfort of the patient

• Apply scientific principles in giving patient care

• Follow admission protocol while admitting the patient in the ward

• Maintain liaison with patients relations and give them correct information regarding the patient

• Administer all the drugs according to standing order of the hospital

• Ensure sending of laboratory specimen for investigation

• Take proper care of patients personnel belongings

• Render pre and post-operative care

• Take rounds with doctors and report the patient condition

• Maintain various records like intake, output chart, medication drainage etc.

• Assist doctors in carrying out treatment e.g: BT, LP and other procedures

• Give report to the ward sister regarding patient’s condition

• Ensure proper sterilization and disinfection of the equipment according to the requirements

• While working in any special unit, need to handle special gadgets with adequate training e.g: ECG monitors, ventilators, infusion pump in ICU

• Maintain stock

• Carry last office in case of dying patient with reverence

• Render adequate death care including adequate reporting, recording handling and dealing with the patients relations and give due respect to the relative of the patients

• Within half an hour shift the body to mortuary, after settling the bill hand over the body to the relatives

• If medico legal cases hand over the body to the police

• Give necessary health education to the patient along with explanations regarding follow-up care recommendation on the discharge

• Maintain confidentiality in all matters related to the patient, patients family and other staff

• Ensure the discharge protocol is implemented