ICU Nurse

Responsibilities of candidates include :

• Responsible for the safe, comfortable and comprehensive nursing care of all patients under her care.
• Carryout all new patients orientation to the ward
• Responsible to perform all Medical and Surgical nursing procedures as per NABH requirement.
• Ensure that Medical and Surgical check lists are completed to ensure complete and total care of the patients.
• Maintain a safe and clean environment for the patients.
• Coordinate patient care with various health care team members
• Follow doctors rounds of patients assigned to you.
• Carryout doctors orders and instructions promptly and intelligently.
• Before administering medication to patients make sure to take the proper precautions that each medication requires in order to avoid reactions and complications for e.g. Check blood sugar before administering Insulin and keep food ready. Check B/P before administering Anti hypertensive medication,
• Make double checks before administering Narcotic drugs and blood transfusions. Make sure a second nurse is present while preparing and administering them.
• Observe changes in patients condition take necessary action and report and record.
• Responsible to impart special care and precautions to vulnerable patients.
• Impart health education to the patients as per their diagnosis and requirement.
• Responsible to maintain infection control practices while extending nursing care to the patients.
• Responsible to follow waste management practices as per waste management rules and hospital policies.
• Answer patients call bell promptly.
• Take equipment and drug inventory on daily basis and maintain records accordingly.
• Maintain good interpersonal relationship with nurse administrators, senior staff, juniors and students.
• Attend In-service education programs in order to update knowledge and keep abreast of changes and trends in health and nursing care.
• Must be well versed with computers and be familiar with the HIS

Additional Responsibilities during Night Shift:

• Prepare the dressing trolley, trays to be sent to the CSSD. Trays should be washed and dried thoroughly. Articles should be cleaned and replaced.
• Check all the case papers. Arrange the papers in order. Attach new forms as required.
• Ensure that the consent for surgery / procedure is obtained and the necessary preparations for the surgery / procedure has been done.
• Keep the folders ready for surgeries.
• Ensure all the procedures performed throughout the day are entered in the bedside procedures.
• Update the census daily.
• Check the expiry dates of the medicines and send the medicines nearing expiry to the pharmacy.
• Check and record the weights of all ambulatory patients.
• Ensure that the technician has collected all the blood investigations.