Functions of the Nursing Care Service of the Hospital
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Functions of the Nursing Care Service of the Hospital |
Chief nursing officer
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Nursing Superintendent
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Deputy N.S.
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Assistant N.S.
a. Concerned with comfort and well being of every patient.
b. Assessment of patients need and planning of care.
c. Concerned with carrying out of medical treatment. Helping physician in carrying out procedures, preparing equipment for assisting physician with diagnostic tests and therapeutic measures. Giving medicine and carrying out treatment, observing patient for any untoward reaction following treatment and necessary measures to combat them.
d. Concerned with education of Staff Nurses (Incidental and planned).
e. Concerned with patient and relatives about maintain and improving his health and to carry out his treatment when he goes home.
c. Concerned with carrying out of medical treatment. Helping physician in carrying out procedures, preparing equipment for assisting physician with diagnostic tests and therapeutic measures. Giving medicine and carrying out treatment, observing patient for any untoward reaction following treatment and necessary measures to combat them.
d. Concerned with education of Staff Nurses (Incidental and planned).
e. Concerned with patient and relatives about maintain and improving his health and to carry out his treatment when he goes home.
2. Administration: Through which the unit functions.
b. Hospital staff Medical care is provided by hospital staff. Their efficiency, effectiveness, training and experience will affect the patient care.
c. Continuing Medical Education (CME) : Continued education and in-service training of entire hospital staff will contribute to a large extent to better patient care.
d. Physical facilities and equipment: Adequate space, good design and layout of wards, clean and pleasant environment and availability of adequate equipments which contribute greatly towards effective discharge of hospital function, thereby improved patient care.
e. Clinical and service facilities: Availability of adequate and appropriate clinical facilities.
f. Effective use of beds: Effective utilization of beds is a factor as well as a measure of the quality of care
g. Quantum of work: Work load on a particular hospital affects the quality of care and serves as an index for deployment of resources.
h. Administration: Proper administration and management of hospital by trained and experienced administrators can contribute towards improvement of quality of patient care.
i. Motivation of staff If the staff is motivated, that leads to improved patient care.
j. Image of the hospital: The image of the hospital is also responsible for the morale of the staff working in the hospital and the performance leadership itself is an important determining factor for the quality of patient care in any hospital.
3. Education: the organization of education program for nursing students.
4. Housekeeping: Involves in maintenance of clean, safe and comfortable environment. There should be a place for everything, and should be in its place.
5. Clerical: Involves maintenance of records and reports.
6. Maintenance of supplies and equipment: Involves timely maintenance of equipment, and maintenance of supplies for carrying out unit activities.
7. Off-station duties: The activities which take nurses away from the unit but have definite relationship to the patient or the unit.
8. Patient care: It is the nucleus of all the activities which comfort, nutrition, human needs, and special care of the patients. It also includes preparing patient for procedures and follow up there after, carrying technical procedures, health education, supportive care, recording, collection, examination of specimen.
9. Discipline: nursing unit should be able to maintain discipline in the ward.
Factors influencing In-patient care
a. General factors : There are a number of factors which are responsible for the quality patient care in the in-patient department. The presence or absence of these factors or the extents to which a particular hospital tries to achieve better standards with regards to these factors will indirectly reflect the quality of hospital care.b. Hospital staff Medical care is provided by hospital staff. Their efficiency, effectiveness, training and experience will affect the patient care.
c. Continuing Medical Education (CME) : Continued education and in-service training of entire hospital staff will contribute to a large extent to better patient care.
d. Physical facilities and equipment: Adequate space, good design and layout of wards, clean and pleasant environment and availability of adequate equipments which contribute greatly towards effective discharge of hospital function, thereby improved patient care.
e. Clinical and service facilities: Availability of adequate and appropriate clinical facilities.
f. Effective use of beds: Effective utilization of beds is a factor as well as a measure of the quality of care
g. Quantum of work: Work load on a particular hospital affects the quality of care and serves as an index for deployment of resources.
h. Administration: Proper administration and management of hospital by trained and experienced administrators can contribute towards improvement of quality of patient care.
i. Motivation of staff If the staff is motivated, that leads to improved patient care.
j. Image of the hospital: The image of the hospital is also responsible for the morale of the staff working in the hospital and the performance leadership itself is an important determining factor for the quality of patient care in any hospital.
Factors influencing in-patient care
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- General factors
- Hospital staff
- Continuing medical education(CME)
- Physical facilities and equipment
- Clinical and service facilities
- Effective use of beds
- Quantum of work
- Administration
- Motivation of staff
- Image of the hospital
Medical Audit
Medical audit is entirely different from the general perception of the audit, what is in minds of the people. “Medical audit is the evaluation of medical care in retrospective manner through analyzing the clinical records”. The objective of medical audit is ultimately improvement of patient care. This topic has been discussed in the chapter on quality in health care.
Functions of the Nursing Care Service of the Hospital
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