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