Leema Varghese

1.Provides skilled safe, holistic and culturally competent, person-centered nursing care to patients, families, community and society, in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team irrespective of health care settings.

2. Provides direct care for patients and their families in a variety of settings to include the hospital, home, clinics, primary health care units and the community.

3. Provides guidance for and supervision of personnel responsible and accountable to the Graduate Registered Nurse.

4. Coordinates nursing services with the services of other health care disciplines.

5. Assumes responsibility for staffing and scheduling personnel.

6. Ensures assignments reflect appropriate utilization of personnel.

7. Fosters a climate conducive to education experiences for nurses and students.

8. Evaluates the quality and appropriateness of care.

9. Accepts organizational accountability for services provided to recipients.

10. Accepts accountablility for own actions and decision-making and for the related outcome.

11. Delivers nursing care and practices embedding the HMC Registered Nurse Scope of Practice as the ethical and professional framework alongside consideration of the socio-cultural needs of patients, families, communities and society.

12. Functions at all times in accordance with legislative, regulatory and policy guidelines relevant to registered nursing practice.

13. Maintains and demonstrates clinical competence in all aspects of care provided to patients on a specific unit/healthcare setting

13. Attends to emergency/crisis situations calmly and effectively.

14. Develops, implements, evaluates, revises and provides input to the patient’s plan of care and provides care according to the plan of care.

15. Administers medications and therapies in a safe, timely and effective manner in accordance with HMC Policy.

16. Uses communication skills to ensure that other members of the health care team, the patient and their family are and remain fully informed.

17. Exhibits leadership qualities and manages nursing care safely, efficiently and ethically.

18. Ensures nursing practice meets organizational quality and safety standards and guidelines and participates in continuous quality improvement.

19. Maintains and promotes customer satisfaction through effective customer service.

20. Delegates and provides supervision to team members according to their competence and scope of practice.

21. Demonstrates commitment to the development of the other members in the healthcare team, as well as patients, families,
community and society.
22. Assumes responsibility for own professional development through lifelong learning and maintains a professional portfolio that includes evidence of continued
competence and improvement within midwifery to ensure continued competence and performance improvement.

23. Will enable and provide information on maintaining and optimizing health and maximizing self-care.

24. Integrates evidence and research findings into practice.

25. Uses data systems to enhance the quality and delivery of patient care.

26. Uses research, evaluation, service improvement and audit findings to enhance the quality of patient care and protect the rights of those participating.

Job Description and Responsibilities

Same as previous.

Job Description and Responsibilities

❖ Pre and Post-operative care of the patient

❖ Pre – operative assessment

❖ Pre – operative preparations

❖ Assessment of surgical site and wound care

❖ Positioning of the patient

❖ Manage drainage system

❖ Promote comfort and maintain safety of the patient

❖ Care of the patient with burn

❖ Care of the patient with trauma

❖ Fluid replacement

❖ I V Cannulation

❖ Catheterization

❖ Tracheostomy care

❖ Colostomy care

❖ Ryles tube insertion

❖ Maintaining records and reports

❖ Assisting in Suturing wounds, POP Casting

❖ Attending Physician rounds and carrying out the orders prescribed ❖ Administration of medications

❖ Assessments of vital signs

❖ Physical examinations and diagnostic evaluations

❖ Health Educations

❖ Inservice educations

❖ Follow up treatment

SPECIALIZED PROCEDURES

Capable and competent in assisting the following procedures like

✍ CPR

✍ Lumbar Puncture

✍ Thoracentesis

✍ Bone Marrow Biopsy

✍ Bladder Irrigation

✍ Renal Biopsy

✍ Incision and drainage of Abscess

✍ Abdominal Paracentesis

EQUIPMENT FAMILIAR WITH

● Pulse oxymeter

● Infusion pump

● Laryngoscope

● Ambubag

● Nebulizer

● Glucometer

● Suction Apparatus

● O2 Cylinder

● Cardiac monitor

● Ventilator

MANAGERIAL SKILLS

❖ Co-ordination with other departments

❖ Maintenance of reports and records

❖ Nursing rounds

❖ Delegation of responsibilities

❖ Asepsis and infection control