Kefentse

Professional Nurse

Total and holistic patient care that is individualized, identifying patient needs through building rapport with the patient and through assessment.. Administering medication and monitoring patients for side effects. Controlling scheduled medication under lock and key.. Monitoring vital signs and correcting any irregularities.. Bed bathing and bed making.. Wound Care.. Assisting patients with basic needs of daily living.. Collaborating with the multidisciplinary team members.. Record keeping by documenting care rendered to the patient in the patient’s and department records. Rendering continuity of patient care among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities/abnormalities and continuity of needs. Maintaining privacy and confidentiality among patients.. Establishing a safe, clean and healthy environment by providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients.. Maintaining a good working environment by complying with the standard operational procedures, rules, and policies/regulations of the hospital. Resolving patient problems and needs by utilizing the multidisciplinary team.. Protecting patients and other staff members by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols. Ensuring operation of equipment and calling for repairs.. Professional and technical knowledge by attending hospital workshops and giving in-service training in the ward.. Managing the ward and doing admin duties (Drafting of off duties, delegation, ordering stock and completion of staff overtime form and leave forms, updating and drafting of the monthly ward report).. Patient risk assessment on development of pressure areas and patient’s risk of falling.. Restores and promotes patient’s health by completing the nursing process.. Delivering of infants in maternity and obstretic unit. Consultation of patients in primary healthcare. Antenatal assessments and documentation. Visual consultations of patients