Regular Responsibilities:
· Provides comprehensive care to neonates, infants, children and adolescents with different disease process from basic to complex including patients’/family education and support.
· Demonstrates knowledge and skills of age-related variations and normal parameters of vital signs of neonates, infants, children and adolescents patients.
· Administers medication safely according to age doses.
· Educates patients or parents/guardians about disease process, treatment options and discharge instructions.
· Prepare patients for surgery or procedure.
· Demonstrates knowledge and skills related to all equipment being used in Unit.
· Demonstrates safe care for patients undergoing conscious sedation procedure.
· Performs routine unit specific procedures independently or with minimal supervision.
· Assists in handling cardiac arrest situations.
· Follows time out policy.
· Performs hands off (bedside over) and carries out special assignment.
· Utilizes SBAR technique to notify patient’s condition
· Demonstrates safe handling and proper use of equipment/supplies.
· Participate actively in patient /family & staff education with the assistance of Nurse Instructor.
· Provides safe environment for the patients by following infection control policies and applying safety measures for patients.
· Participates in combining rounds and discusses patient care plans with physicians on their rounds.
· Practices safe central/peripheral line therapies and monitors patients’ responses and takes action accordingly.
· Demonstrates knowledge and skills in handling high risk patients/services.
· Follows admission/transfer/discharge process according to hospital protocol.
· Provides mentorship to novice staff in provision of safe nursing care in compliance with Hospital policies and procedures
· Guides new staff in provision of safe nursing care and in compliance of Hospital policies and procedures.
· Supervises the clinical practices of nursing students and novice staff and guides them accordingly.
· Updates own skills by attending certification and recertification courses as per credentialing requirement.
· Provides bereavement care to the family of deceased patient.
· Able to interpret and communicate panic lab results to physicians.
· Incorporates clinical knowledge including diseases, drugs and dosages into practice and anticipates care and acts accordingly
· Follows institutional policy for handling Patients’ valuables.
· Maintains & ensures medical/surgical supplies stock at required level.
· Assess patient’s concerns/complaints on shift basis to enhance patients’ satisfaction.