Duties of Nursing Sister, Staff Nurse & Midwife

i) She is in-charge of nursing of the indoor patients and she will provide full range of nursing services commensurate with her training and qualification and the requirement of the patient.

She will :

ii) Be responsible for dressing of the female patients and for giving treatment to gynaecological cases, such as douching, plugging, etc.

iii) Give injections to indoor and outdoor patients when called upon by the doctor.

iv) Attend and assist at operations when required.

v) Direct and supervise the sterilisation of all instruments and dressings.

vi) Formulate accurate and intelligent reports on ward patients.

vii) Estimate the requirements of ration for diets for the following day. She will take and verify thumb impressions /signatures of the patients on the diet bills as a token of receipt of diet and will enter the scale of diet on the diet bills.

viii) See that the visiting hours are strictly observed.

ix) Ensure that every courtesy and help is accorded to the patient’s relatives and visitors to the ward.

x) Accompany Chief Medical Superintendent/ Medical Superintendent / Medical Officer in charge of the ward on their daily rounds.

xi) Maintain the ward stock of dressings and drugs.

xii) Be responsible for the safe custody of poisons. The stock must be maintained and checked daily.

xiii) Be in charge of the linen issued out to her for her ward. If there is only one nurse in a hospital/health unit, she will in addition, be responsible for the safe custody of hospital linen, crockery, cutlery, utensils, surgical and medical appliances and furniture and dead stock of the ward and shall see that they are kept in good condition and replaced when necessary. Take monthly inventory of linen and equipment and report all missing articles to the concerned Medical Officer.

xiv) Maintain all records and registers pertaining to the wards properly when she is the only nurse.

xv) Supervise the work of group ‘D’ staff and ensure the cleanliness of the ward and/or the operation theatre.

xvi) Perform any other duty ordered by the concerned Medical Officer & Matron.

Duties & Responsibilities of Staff Nurse

Staff Nurse will perform the same duties as indicated against Duties & Responsibilities of Nursing Sister

NOTE: THE OPERATION THEATRE NURSE will be responsible for

(a) Assisting the surgeon during routine & emergency operations.

(b) Ensuring adequate supply of medicines, ligatures, dressings, and operation theatre linen.

(c) The cleanliness and proper maintenance of the operation theatre, surgical instruments, equipment, and for reporting their defects to the Medical Officer.

(d) Supervision of sterilisation of dressing gowns, towels, instruments, gloves etc.

(e) Preparation of splints; and repair of operation theatre linen.

(f) Discipline of and performance of duties by the operation theatre staff.

(g) Any other duty as ordered by the concerned Medical Officers & matrons.

ICCU NURSE/CSSD NURSE :-

She will perform duties pertaining to specialised type of work required in these areas. She will also do any other duty as ordered by the concerned Medical Officers and matrons.

Duties & Responsibilities of O.T. ASSISTANT

i) Assist the doctors and nurses in operations and attend to sterilisation of instruments and dressing material in O.T.

ii) Be responsible for the safe custody and proper maintenance of linen, surgical instruments and other equipment in O.T. He will prepare splints, plaster bandages and undertake cutting and rolling of bandages. He will prepare anti-septic lotions and also help the anaesthetist in giving anesthesia to the patients.

iii) Carry out any other work/order given to him by the surgeon/anaesthetist /matron/ sister in charge of OT and other superiors.

Duties & Responsibilities of MIDWIFE

i) Assist the lady doctor in maternity and gynaecological cases.

ii) Conduct normal deliveries independently in hospital or at residences according to the rules in force.

iii) Assist in the female ward and labour room.

iv) Maintain record of the delivery cases conducted by her.

v) Run the maternity and child health center activities under the direction of a Medical Officer.

vi) Help the Medical Officer in examining female cases.

vii) Do the dressing of the female cases in the outdoor and indoor departments.

viii) Maintain the records of births and deaths in the Railway colony and within the hospital under her charge.

ix) Collect population census in the colony and educate staff and their families in family welfare programmes.

x) She may be utilised for nursing duties under the supervision of a trained nurse or a doctor.