The document outlines the duties and responsibilities of a nurse unit manager or head nurse in a hospital ward. It lists tasks such as overseeing the cleanliness and orderliness of the unit, checking staff attendance and grooming, ensuring doctors' orders are correctly carried out, observing nursing care rendered by staff, and re-evaluating patient assignments based on nursing principles. The duties are aimed at providing quality patient care, comfort and safety through effective management and oversight of the nursing unit and staff.
The document outlines the duties and responsibilities of a nurse unit manager or head nurse in a hospital ward. It lists tasks such as overseeing the cleanliness and orderliness of the unit, checking staff attendance and grooming, ensuring doctors' orders are correctly carried out, observing nursing care rendered by staff, and re-evaluating patient assignments based on nursing principles. The duties are aimed at providing quality patient care, comfort and safety through effective management and oversight of the nursing unit and staff.
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The document outlines the duties and responsibilities of a nurse unit manager or head nurse in a hospital ward. It lists tasks such as overseeing the cleanliness and orderliness of the unit, checking staff attendance and grooming, ensuring doctors' orders are correctly carried out, observing nursing care rendered by staff, and re-evaluating patient assignments based on nursing principles. The duties are aimed at providing quality patient care, comfort and safety through effective management and oversight of the nursing unit and staff.
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DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES DONE NOT DONE TICK TICK GO TO THE PEDIA WARD
SAY THE NURSES PRAYER
OVERVIEWS/ CHECKS THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF
THE UNIT (CLEANLINESS AND ORDERLINESS OF THE UNIT) INTERVIEW THE UNIT HEAD NURSE READ THE POLICIES, MISSION & VISION OF THE WARD. CHECK THE STAFFING PATTERN REGARDING ATTENDANCE & GOOD GROOMING RECEIVES SPECIAL ENDORSEMENT/ PATIENT ENDORSEMENT RELATED TO PATIENT CARE. CHECK & COMPARE THE KARDEX OF THE WARD IF IT WAS UPDATED. ASSIGNMENT OF STAFF TO PATIENTS DOES ROUNDS MAKES AN OCCULAR INSPECTION OF THE ROOM AND ENVIRONMENT FOR COMPLETENESS OF FACILITIES AND GOOD FUNCTIONING OF ITS AMENITIES. PROVIDES PATIENT COMFORT AND SAFETY CHECK DOCTOR’S ORDER IF CORRECTLY CARRIED OUT; LABORATORIES AND OTHER DIAGNOSIS WORK UPS ARE IN PROPERLY INCORPORATED TO THE RIGHT PATIENTS CHART; FOLLOW-UPS PENDING PROCEDURES NOT YET DONE. READ & STUDY THE CASES WHICH IS COMMON IN THE WARD. INSPECT THE E.R CART FOR ITS AVAILABILITY. OBSERVE THE DUTIES & ROUTINES DONE BY THE STAFF NURSES IN THE WARD. OBSERVED THE NURSING MANAGEMENT OF CARE RENDERED BY THE STAFFS. BREAK
CHECK FOR THE NEW DOCTOR’S ORDER, ADMISSION/
DISCHARGE & FOR LABORATORY PROCEDURE THE NEXT DAY. RE-EVALUTATION OF STAFF’S PATIENT ASSIGNMENT BASED ON PRINCIPLES OF NURSING DOES ROUNDS ENDORSEMENT PROPER