Nurse

Role & Responsibility:

• Takes the nursing history, summarizes data, and states nursing diagnoses/ patient care needs.
• Observes and records signs, symptoms, and behaviours, including the physiological status of patients; reports assessment changes, to the concerned authority.
• Follows policy and delivers designated nursing interventions to assigned patients that are consistent with the stated medical plan of care.
• Performs admission, discharge and transfer procedures, and assists others with patient's activities and care.
• Executes physician's orders for all assigned patients; safely and properly administers medications and treatments.
• To be responsible for collection of specimens when ordered, ensuring correct labelling.
• To be responsible for preparing assigned patients for programmed medical procedures.
• To participate in specialists rounds and assist by giving relevant information as regards to nursing observations made on the residents.
• To supervise the cleanliness of assigned area or the ward.
• Carry out routine check at each handover that all equipments are in working order.
• To ensure that all items used for residents inclusive of medications, surgical supplies are duly recorded and charged.
• To carry out inventory on surgical items and equipment for each week.
• Maintain residents safety by taking preventive measures against accidents.
• Accurately records and reports incidents.