The staff nurse is responsible for providing direct nursing care to patients, supervising ANM staff and students, and assisting the ward sister with administrative duties. Key responsibilities include planning and delivering basic patient care, administering medications, maintaining patient hygiene, supervising other staff, documenting care provided, and providing health education and counseling. The staff nurse works under the ward sister and assistant matron to ensure quality care for patients.

1. JOB DESCRIPTION OFJOB DESCRIPTION OF
STAFF NURSESTAFF NURSE
PRESENTED BY:PRESENTED BY:
Sabitra BashyalSabitra Bashyal

2. • Job title: staff nurse
• Place of work: Hospital
• Class/level: Non Gazetted 1st
Year
• Qualification: Certificate in Nursing from
recognized institutions
• Responsible to: Ward sister, Assistant Matron
and Matron
• Responsible for: ANM and supporting staffs
•

3. ROLES
She is responsible to provide direct nursing
care applying nursing process. Supervises
ANM and coworkers, gives health education
to patients/ relatives and helps sister in ward
management

4. FUNCTIONS
Clinical activities
•Arrives in time and takes handover of patient bed to
bed
•Carries out assigned job given by sister/ward in charge
•Plans and provides the basic care according to the
priority needs of the patients
•Prepares and takes round with doctor

5. cont..
• Carries out doctor’s instructions appropriately. Collection
of specimens, investigations and medications
• Maintains personal hygiene of patient to prevent
infection
• Gives medications, iv infusion ,blood transfusion etc in
correct way
• Takes responsibility of admission and discharge of the
patient
• Maintains interpersonal relationship with staffs, patients ,
families and community

6. Administrative activities
•Keeps adequate supplies( medicine, injection,
linen) and does inventory regularly
•Keeps custody of drugs and maintains record
of its administration
•Checks all emergency drugs and equipments
daily
•Takes special attention about medico-legal
cases and absconded clients

7. Educative activities
•Plans and provides health education to
patients and relatives
•Participates in inservice education program
•Helps students in learning activities

8. Supervisory activities
•Supervises and guides ANM s and co- workers
•Supervises patients and visitors for
maintenance of health promotion

9. Recording and reporting activities
•Reports critical patients conditions promptly to
the corrected person in verbal and written .
•Reports any absenteeism of staff
•Records and reports nursing care, treatment,
medicine correctly and promptly
•Reports and records any losses and breakage
in the unit

10. Communication activities
•Provides psychological support to patient and
relatives
•Reports any incident to the concerned person
•Gives orientation to patient and relatives about
physical facilities, policy, rules and regulations of the
hospital
•Participates in pre and post conference
•Maintains good interpersonal relationship with
patient’s relatives, sister collegues, co workers and
other department staffs

11. Research activities
•Helps and participates in research activities
Counseling activities
•Counsels the junior staff students, patients and
relatives when it is needed.

12. Evaluative activities
•Does self evaluation regularly
•Assists sister in staff appraisal
•takes part in students evaluation