- On reporting to duty, shall take charge of the following from the previous nurse-
- Number of patients under care.
- Position of pending investigations.
- Condition of all the patients under care.
- Any pending order of patients under care.
- Equipment / drugs to be procured.
- Perform monitoring of various vital and non vital parameters as advised and charting them promptly.
- Carrying out the charted treatment with all due preparations / precautions.
- Assisting the doctors in all procedures.
- Timely informing the doctors about all deviations from normal of various parameters.
- To attend to all personal needs of the patient, inform of hygiene and excretory needs singly or with help from ward boy and housekeeping.
- To maintain the designated inventory of medicines, equipments and instruments.
- To make timely and adequate drug requisition from attendants.
- Keeps proper inventory of assigned patient’s drugs.
- Registers the admission, discharge, transfer of the patient in proper registers.
- Proper file keeping of all patient records during admission and proper dispatch of file after patient goes out of SICU.
- Local supervision of subordinates like GDA & housekeeping.
- Not to interact with attendants about the clinical condition of patient.
- Take consent for various procedures
- Prepare patient for OT / Surgical procedures
- Proper sampling as per investigation ordered by CIC, as and when required, clear labeling and timely dispatch of all samples and processing reports when asked for.
- In case of death in SICU
- Ensuring that declaration has been done and information has been passed on to relevant authorities like exchange and security, Nursing Supervisor.
- Disconnecting all tubing’s, catheters from the patient and ensuring that proper packing is done of the body.
- Talking to the attendants and clearly understanding low and when the body is to be shifted.
- Consumables and medication to be sent for bill settlement.
- To ensure that the final bill has been cleaned before body release, and also to ensure that relevant documents has been properly filled by the Resident Doctor.
- To hand over all investigation reports and medical certificate of cause of deathand any valuables to the relatives (duly signed and received)
- To make proper documentation of the death.