DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF STAFF NURSE:1. DIRECT PATIENT CARE 2. WARD/UNIT MANAGEMENT 3. OPERATION THEATRE MANAGEMENT 4.

MANAGEMENT OF LABOUR ROOM 5. MANAGEMENT OF POST OPERATIVE/ICU/BURNS UNITS 6. PSYCHIATRIC UNIT 7. EDUCATIONAL FUNCTION

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF SENIOR STAFF NURSE:1. DIRECT PATIENT CARE 2. SUPERVISION AND ADMINISTRATION

3. EDUCATIONAL FUNCTION

 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF STAFF NURSE:DIRECT PATIENT CARE 1. Carry out the procedures of admission and discharge of the patient. 2. Makes beds of serious patients and helps or guides students or Group "D" employees to make beds, by supplying linen. 3. Maintains personal hygiene and comforts of the patient. 4. Attends to the nutritional needs of the patient and feeds the helpless patients.

5. Maintains clean and safe environment for the patient. 6. Implements and maintains ward policies and routines. 7. Co-ordinates patient care with other team members.

8. Take rounds with the doctors when called to list new orders and see that they are carried out. 9. Performs various technical tasks related to nursing care. a. Administration of medication, i.e. tablets, injections, infusions and transfusion on prescription or

according to standing instructions. b. Assisting doctors in various medical and surgical diagnostic procedures by preparing patients and getting ready with required things. c. Performing simple diagnostic procedures viz. urinalysis, haemoglobin % etc. d. Collecting and sending of specimens for laboratory diagnostic procedures. e. Recording of vital signs, i.e. temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressure.

f. Performing gastric lavage, giving enema etc. g. Prepares patients for operations and see that he/she is sent to operation theatre with all necessary papers and medications. h. Takes care of eyes, ears, back, bowel, bladder, perineum, and breast, etc. whenever needed. i. Observes all patient conditions and take suitable action accordingly and/or reports changes to ward in charge and/or the doctor. j. Give expert bed-side nursing to all patients.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF STAFF NURSE AND SENIOR STAFF NURSE

6. Supervises nursing care and other tasks carried out by the students. 7. Maintains duty room trays, sterilises instruments and see that procedural trays are in rediness. 8. Take over from duty nurse of the previous, new and serious patients, instruments, supplies, drugs etc and handover the same accordingly. 9. Maintains all the records pertaining to ward/unit. a. Maintains case papers, investigation reports etc

b. Maintains vital signs charts, intake-output charts and other special charts if necessary. c. Takes special care of medico legal case papers and records. d. Writes day and night orders and maintains ward statistics.

4. Prepares anaesthetic trolley and trolley for surgery, according to type and procedures. 5. Assist the surgeon and anaesthetist in every step, skilfully while performing various types of surgery. 6. Indenting and procuring surgical instruments, drugs, gloves, suturing materials and 02, N2, CO2 etc.

OPERATION THEATRE MANAGEMENT 1. Maintains aseptic environment of the operation theatre. 2. Autoclaving of articles, instruments, gloves, linen etc. required for various types of surgery. 3. Receives patients from the ward intact for surgery.

required for operation theatre. 7. Maintains records and reports pertaining to the operation theatre. 8. Maintains safety of the Boyle's apparatus, oxygen cylinder, nitrogen cylinder, anaesthetic drugs, and autoclave etc. in the operation theatre.

MANAGEMENT OF LABOUR ROOM 1. Preparation of expectant mother for aseptic safe delivery. 2. Conducts normal deliveries and reports. 3. Attends and assists the doctors in all obstetrical emergencies. 4. Attends and assists in difficult and abnormal deliveries. k. Attends last offices in case at a patient dying during shifts and arrange to preserve dead body in mortuary, or hand over the body with respect to concerned family members/relatives/authorities.

WARD/UNIT MANAGEMENT 1. Helps the ward in charge to carry out her/his work or act as ward in charge during their absence. 2. Maintains general cleanliness of the ward and the sanitary annexure. 3. Supervises the duties of Group "D" employees and guides them and reports accordingly. 4. Writes the diet register and supervises the distribution of diet and report if any, necessary. 5. Maintains scheduled poisonous drug registers. PSYCHIATRIC UNIT

1. Assists the doctors in admission and discharge of patients. 2. Prepares patient for ECT and other procedures, and therapies. 3. Assists in management of aggressive, suicidal as grief as other symptoms of the patients. 4. Maintains records and reports of the units.

3. Carries out hearth teaching for individual or group of patients. 4. Extends co-operation and participates in clinical teaching. 5. Provides for and demonstrates methods and procedure whenever needed. 6. Participates in in-service education programmes. 7. Plans and implements formal and

EDUCATIONAL FUNCTION 1. Helps in orientation of new staff and students. 2. Teaches and guides the domestic staff (Group "D") for handling bedpans, urinals, etc.

informal health education programme and teaching programme. 8. Assists and extends co-operation in medical and nursing research programme.

She/he attends to any other work assigned by higher authorities

5. Ensures safety, comfort and good personal hygiene of her/his patient. 6. Assists in planning and administration

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF SENIOR STAFF NURSE:DIRECT PATIENT CARE 1. Ensures proper admission, discharge of patients. 2. Plans nursing care and makes patient assignments as per their nursing needs. 3. Assists in the direct care/provides direct care to patients as and when required. 4. She/he see that total health needs of his/her patients are met.

of the therapeutic diet to his/her patient. 7. Ensures the helpless patients are regularly fed as per direction. 8. Ensures that proper observation records of the patients are made and necessary information imparted to the concerned authorities. 9. Takes nursing rounds with staff and students.

5. Takes care of the newborn and premature babies.

6. Maintains records and reports pertaining to labour room. 7. Indent and procure necessary drugs, supplies linen etc. to labour room.

5. Makes list for condemnation of articles and submits it to all the concerned. 6. Assists in making ward requirement. 7. Establishes and reinforces standards

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prescribed in the procedures and manuals of hospital and policies that are in force. 8. Acts as a liaison officer between ward staff and hospital administration. 9. Maintains good public relations in her/his ward/unit. 10. Ensures that ward statistics are

OPERATIVE/ICU/BURNS UNITS 1. Indent and procurement of all the necessary equipments, drugs, 0 2 cylinders, which are required for the units. 2. Operates ECG, EEG, cardiac resusciation etc. or other sophisticated high-tech machines whenever needed or assist the doctors in operating such machines.

regularly submitted. 11. Maintains discipline among the

personnel working in the particular

ward/unit, e.g. staff nurses students and domestic, staff. 12. Deals appropriately with any

1. Organises orientation programmes for new staff 2. Organises formal and informal ward teaching, conducts bedside clinics and demonstration etc. 3. Conducts ward conferences/meetings. 4. Gives incidental teaching to patient, relatives, staff nurses, students and the domestic staff. 5. Guides in formulation of nursing care studies, and nursing care plans etc. 6. Evaluates the students performances and submit reports to the school authorities.

adverse situation that occurs in the ward/unit and report to concerned authorities. 13. Reports about any medico legal

cases in the ward/unit. 14. Writes and submits confidential

reports of the staff (it is not in force but should be). 15. Ensures that students get

desired learning experience in the ward/unit.

EDUCATIONAL FUNCTION

7. Helps in medical and nursing research. 8. Encourages staff development programme in her/his ward/unit.

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Implements doctors instructions

concerning patient treatment. 12. Assists patient and his/her

relatives to adjust in the hospital and its routine. 13. Co-ordinates patient care with

other departments.

SUPERVISION AND ADMINISTRATION 1. Ensures safe and clean environment for the ward/unit/special department. 2. Makes duty and work assignments. 3. Indenting and procurement of ward supplies and equipments and keeps 10. Makes rounds with doctors, records. assisting them in diagnosis and treatment of patients.

4. Does regular inventory checking of her/his ward/unit.