<ul><li>Admits and discharges the patient</li><li>Maintains personal hygiene and comforts of the patient.</li><li>Attends to the nutritional needs of the patient, prepares diet slip and feeds helpless patients.</li><li>Maintains clean and safe environment for the patients.</li><li>Implements and maintains ward policies and routines.</li><li>Co-ordinates patient care with various health team members.</li><li>Follows doctors round.</li><li>Performs technical task e.g. administration of medication, assisting doctors in various medical procedures, preparing articles and the patient for medical or Nursing procedures, recording vital signs, tube feeding, giving enema, bowel wash dressing, stomach wash, eye and ear care, collection and sending of specimens, pre-and post-operative care. Assists in administration of transfusion, perineal care, breast care, baby care, etc.</li><li>Helps doctors in diagnosis and treatment.</li><li>Maintains intake and output chart.</li><li>Observes change in patients condition and records, takes necessary action and reports to the concerned authority.</li><li>Imparts health education to the patient and his / her family.</li><li>Accompanies very ill patients sent to other departments or transferred to other institutions</li></ul><p><br></p>

Staff Nurse