Functions of a Nurse

Nurse provides nursing care to patients in hospital, nursing home, or similar health care centers. A Nurse could be General Duty Nurse, Medical Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse & Registered Nurse. Typical functions of a Nurse include:-

• Preparing equipment and aiding physical during treatments and examination of patients.
• Observing patient, records significant conditions and reactions, and notifies patient's condition and reaction to drugs, treatments and significant incidents.
• Taking temperatures, pulse, blood pressure, and other vital signs to detect deviations from normal and determines progress of patient.
• May rotate among various clinical services of institution, such as obstetrics, surgery, orthopedics, outpatient and admitting pediatrics, psychiatry, and tuberculosis.
• Preparing rooms, sterile instruments, equipment and supplies, and hand items to Surgeon/Obstetrician, or other medical practitioner.
• Arranging beds, bathing and feeding patients.
• Serving as leader for group of personnel rendering nursing care to number of patients.

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