Kharren Hazel Abrea

• Act as a Primary/Named Nurse within a multi disciplinary team, developing collaborative, needs based care plans, through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation
• Provide excellent professional, skilled and effective person cantered, evidence based nursing care.
• Visible and accessible to patients, families and careers working together to ensure efficient, effective and caring services.
• Contribute to achieving all performance indicators, essential standards and quality outcomes.
• Safely administer medication following Trust policies and practice guidelines.
• Provide compassionate care that is based on empathy, kindness, respect and dignity

• Provide direct care to assigned patients.

• Take the nursing history, summarize data, and state nursing diagnoses/ patient care needs.

• Observe and record signs, symptoms, and behaviors, including the physiological status of patients; present the assessment of changes, the proposed revision of interventions, and desired outcomes.

• Follow policy for activating an individualized plan of care for newly admitted patients.

• Deliver designated nursing interventions to assigned patients that are consistent with the stated medical plan of care.

• Perform admission, discharge and transfer procedures, and assist others with patient’s activities and care.

• Execute physician’s order for all assigned patients; safety and properly administers medications and treatments.

• Notify appropriate nursing and medical staff to changes in the patient’s status.

• Independently perform duties and assume responsibility for care of assigned patients.

• Perform techniques and routines in the specialty service area

• Perform or assist others to perform proper aseptic techniques, isolation procedures, and infection control measures.

• Document nursing care in all assigned patient records.

• Perform related duties as required.

• Gives direct nursing care;

• Identifies nursing needs of patients;

• Plans, gives and evaluates nursing care;

• Delivers a high standard patient care, ensuring that the procedures and treatments are carried out in accordance with the hospital policies and procedures.

• Performs nursing activities such as bathing and oral hygiene;

• Takes and records vital signs;

• Observes medical asepsis;

• Observes signs and symptoms, institutes remedial action when appropriate and records these in the patient’s chart;

• Reports observations to the physician;

• Observes and and responds to patient’s emotional and spiritual needs;

• Prepares patients for, and assists physicians with diagnostic and therapeutic procedures;

• Carries out doctors’ legal orders;

• Assists physicians when examining patients;

• Performs irrigations, catheterization, and gives enemas;

• Sees to it that equipment receive proper care and maintenance;

• Discharge patients;

• Performs post-mortem care;

• Acts as a senior nurse when so delegated;

• Receives and endorses ward equipment and supplies;

• Interprets hospital policies and procedures;

• Gives health teachings;

• Maintains good relationships with other hospital personnel;

• Charts accurately medications and treatment give; and

• Attends meetings and conferences;