Ward management full ppt Responsibilities of ward sisiter Patient care Personal management Doctors round Matrons round Ward sisiter Environmental cleanliness

4. Ward Management
• A hospital ward can be defined as a suite of rooms or a block,
forming a division of hospitals, which is shared by patients who
need similar kind of care.
• Responsibilities of the ward sister
• Keeping in mind the sufficient supply of materials
Materials should be in good conditions.
• Giving responsibilities to handle supplv and equipments
• Checking for misuse and how to minimize it
Educating the ward stafts and other health care workers in the
economical use or materials

5. • Objectives of ward management:
• To provide best quality nursing care to the patients.
• To ensure provision of sanitised, clean, and properly ventilated surroundings
• For the patient and their protection from infections, accidents, and potential
hazards.
• To Help staff attain job satisfaction
• To provide facilities to patients and their attendants.
• Components of Ward Management
• Patient care
• 2. Personnel Management
Supply & Equipment
• 4. Environment Cleanliness

6. • 1. Patient care:
This includes all the activities, which are necessary for providing nursing care.
The main
principles of patient care revolve around providing comfort to the patient and
maintain patient's health. The patient care revolves around the following aspects:
Admission and orientation of the patient
Assessment of patient's needs and care
Progressive patient care
• Assigning personnel to care for the patient
• Plan the time and work schedules
• Ward Rounds
• • Records and reports
Management of emergencies
Client/patient education
Appraisal of nursing staff

7. • 2. Personnel management
Everything that concerns staff is included in personnel
management. It involves:
Orientation of the new personnel or staff
Supervising the personnel and delegating authority to them
Establishing inter-personal relationship
Evaluating the staff/personnel
Staff conferences
Conducting staff development programme
Ensuring health, safety, and welfare of the personnel

8. • Personnel Management in a ward includes assignment of personnel
for patient care. It also includes ward rounds. The ward sister is
responsible for taking ward rounds. It is a tool of supervision,
evaluation, and teaching. The different types of ward rounds include:
• Doctor's Round: For doctor's round, the following preparation is
required:
Clean and tidy ward
Ensure the ward is not overcrowded with patient's attendants
Update patient's chart and include relevant information about the
patient
Prepare diagnostic tray for use
Rounds should not be conducted during lunch timings or visiting
hours

9. • Matron's Round: A matron is considered as an adviser. Her
work is to guide the nurses and ensure that they visit the
patients regularly.
• Ward Sister: A ward sister is required to take ward rounds with
staff nurses. Her work is to observe critically ill patients and the
ones who require special attention. She is also required to note
the available stocks and equipment.

10. • 3. Environment cleanliness
• This includes sanitation and provision of therapeutic environment. It
is the patient's right to have access to a safe and sound
environment, which should be provided by the hospital
administration and staff. A safe environment includes:
• Regulated temperature
• Light
• Removal of unpleasant odour
• Controlling dust
• Safely disposing off excreta
• Ensuring safe water supply

11. • 4. Supply and equipment
• Management of supplies include checking the condition of
equipment, managing shortages, checking the supplies for
effectiveness, and ensuring the safety of expiry date as well as safe
handling of the supplies. Basically, all the decisions relating to the
supplies and services comes under the domain of supply
management. The various actions to be taken for ward management
should be at par with the supply. Supply implies services of the
personnel or staff as well as the services in terms of equipment,
medicines, and other fringe commodities which might be useful for
patient care, either directly or indirectly. This demands various
actions to be taken, which are demonstrated in the next slide

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