IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE

AGE	VACCINATION	ROUTE
At Birth or with in 15 day	BCG Oral Polio	Intra Dermal Oral
6th Week	DPT Hepatitis-B Oral Polio	Intra Muscular Intra Muscular Oral
10th Week	DPT Hepatitis-B Oral Polio	Intra Muscular Intra Muscular Oral
14th Week	DPT Hepatitis-B Oral Polio	Intra Muscular Intra Muscular Oral
9th Month (after completion of 270 days)	Measles	SubCutaneous
16 – 24 Months	DPT-Booster Oral Polio	Intra Muscular Oral
5th year	DT	Intra Muscular
10 years	TT	Intra Muscular
16 years	TT	Intra Muscular
Pregnant Mothers 2 Doses With One Month Interval	TT	Intra Muscular

Nursing Identification

This is a policy of Trained Nurses Association of India.

Nursing has its own identity as a health profession, hence, due recognition needs to be given to the role and contribution of Nursing personnel to health care services in the hospital and the community.

Nursing identity should be reflected in all planning papers, documents, and policy statements of government and non-government organisations with a view to strengthening development of Nursing, otherwise, this sector of the health system gets neglected and status of the Nursing service gets further diminished.

Nursing should not be designated as "paramedical", nor should its identity be lost under the term "health workers".

Nursing is supported by auxiliaries. The term "Nursing personnel" can be used to collectively designate a wide variety of workers of the Nursing team, both professionals and Nursing auxiliaries.

Thanks to:
Trained Nurses Association of India

Yet to reach goal of health for all: President

Good health parameters of a society are an absolute necessity for the economic progress of a nation,” said President Pratibha Patil at the inauguration of the SevenHills Hospital, in Andheri on Sunday.

“We are yet to reach our goal of health for all. Access to and affordability of healthcare, especially for the underprivileged and marginalised sections of society, in particular women and children, remain under-accomplished tasks,” she added.

She urged medical institutions to reach out to the rural areas by holding medical camps with mobile medical units.
The President laid special emphasis on the use of tele-medicine (technology in medicine) to combat the increase in lifestyle diseases.

Talking about the threat perception by 'lifestyle diseases', President  said as per the World Health Organisation, there would be 80 million diabetes patients in the country by 2030, while as per the Cardiological Society of India, there would be a 100 million heart cardiac patients — 60 per cent of the total cardiac patients in the world — in India by 2020.

“WHO has cautioned that India would be diabetes capital of the world,” she added.

Thanks
Hindustan Times

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF NURSING STAFF

General Care of the Patient
1. Admission of patient.
2. Personal care – including bathing, mouth care, hair combing and shampoo.
3. Treatment of pediculosis.
4. Care of hands, feet, nails.
5. Care of pressure points.
6. Giving and removal of bed pans and urinals.
7. Application of hot water bottles and ice caps.
8. Feeding of patients.

Technical Nursing Care
1. Taking and recording of temperature, pulse and respiration.
2. Administration of medicines and injections.
3. Elevate
4. Catheterisation
5. Dressing
6. Irrigations
7. Oxygen Therapy
8. Pre and post-operative care
9. Preparation of patient care for discharge
10. Last offices of the dead

Ancillary and Clerical
1. Assistance and instructions to patients and relatives.
2. Care of patients clothing and valuables.
3. Bed making with or without patient.
4. Maintenance of nominal register.
5. Preparation of invalid diets.
6. Distribution of diets.
7. Recording of drugs administered.
8. Indenting and accounting for drugs, maintenance of sub store, indent for
surgical supplies, stores, diet, urine collection, treatment testing, reporting,
collecting, labelling and dispatching of specimen.
9. Preparation for and assistance in chemical tests, medical procedures and
intravenous infusions, assisting the medical officer with various examinations
of patients and treatment.

Administrative and Supervisory
1. Handling and taking over charge of shift.
2. Linen furniture and equipment up keep, repairs and replacement.
3. Maintenance of stock registers and inventories.
4. Custody of dangerous drugs.
5. Guidance and supervision of nursing students and domestic staff.
6. Assistance in orientation of new nurses.
7. Maintenance of bed side report.
8. Maintaining a 12 hourly report on patients.
9. Escorting patients to and fro departments .
10. Writing the prescriptions and Medical Officer's instructions in the instruction
book writing of.
11. Writing of diets in the diet book.

Cleanliness
1. Maintaining  a Clean unit.
2. Setting up of  clean dressing trolley.
3. Maintaining Clean cupboards, rubber articles, metal, glass and other types of apparatus and equipment.
4. Cleaning up of unit and equipment after a procedure.
5. Arranging for the washing of soiled linen.
6. Disinfection.

As per
RULES FRAMED BY THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL
UNDER SECTION 11 OF THE MADRAS NURSES AND MIDWIVES ACT
(MADRAS ACT III OF 1926)

NOTIFICATION
G.O.No.324 P.H., dated 11 February 1926, as amended by
(1) G.O. No. 348, P.H.nd dated 2nd March 1931,
(3) G.O. No. 732, P.H. dated 31st