The document outlines the responsibilities and duties of a nurse in providing quality patient care. This includes: 1. Ensuring a clean and safe hospital environment for patients by preventing infections, accidents, and hazards. 2. Assessing patient needs, planning and providing medical care, treatment, and education to patients and staff. 3. Managing the nursing staff through tasks like preparing schedules, evaluating performance, and coordinating patient care with other departments.

3. To provide highest quality nursing care for patient.
To provide a clean, well ventilated environment for
patient and protect him from infection, accidents and
hazards.
To help the staff in achieving highest degree of job
satisfaction.
To provide facilities to meet the needs of patient and
their attendants

5. • Concerned with comfort
and well being of every
patient.
• Assessment of patients
need and planning or
care.
• Concerned with
carrying out of medical
treatment. .
• Concerned with
education of Staff
Nurses, concerned with
patient and relatives
about maintaining and
improving his health.
This include all
activities
necessary to
provide nursing
care

7. Ward should be clean and tidy.
There should not be too many relatives in the ward.
Patient charts should be upto date and all relevant information
regarding patient should be available.
Have all patients in bed before round.
Diagnostic tray should be ready for use.
Do not conduct round during lunch time/visiting hours

8. Instruct the staff
nurse to stay on
patients left side
to help in
patient’s
examination.
Remember and
report
observation to
doctor.
record orders/get
them written by
doctors.
After the ward
Round:
• Instruct staff nurses
to carry out orders
• Observe patient
carefully.

9. MATRON’
S
ROUND:
Matron is usually
looked upon a
confident
adviser. She must
visit patients regularly
and take this
opportunity to provide
guidance to nurses.

10.  Ward sister should
also take round with
staff nurses.
 She observes which
patient is critically ill
and require skilled
attention
 To have an idea of
condition of stock
and equipment and
to note the standard
of work.

11. Temperature
regulation.
Proper
light.
Elimination
of
unpleasant
odours.
Dust
control
Safe
disposal
of
excreta.
Safe
water
supply.

12. Protection from
radiation.
Provide
adequate
privacy.
Control of
visitors.
Protection from
mechanical,
thermal,
chemical and
bacteriological
injury.

13. Analyse nursing
needs of patient and
skill of person.
Prepare monthly,
weekly and daily
time table for
S/Nurses.
give teaching and
guidance to juniors.
Evaluate personnel.
Maintain inventories,
requisting for
supplies and
services.
Assign tasks to
nurses.
Coordinate with
other departments
for effective patient
care.
Gain co-operation
from subordinates
and supervisors.
Delegate
responsibility for
patient care.

14. Imagine the scene, the
telephone is ringing,
your consultant wants
you to accompany her
on the hospital round
and you have a patient
asking you for help.
What do you do first?

16. Get into the habbit of
arriving early
Make a note
Estimate how long it will
take

17. Prioritise
Avoid tasks that arenot
on your list
Learn to say no

18. Listen to your patient
Take a breather
Be flexible