ICU Nurse

Promotes and restores patients' health by completing the nursing process; collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members; providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families; supervising assigned team members.

·         Provide professional nursing care with an assigned unit according to established standards and procedures.

·         Provide comprehensive care to assigned patients.

·         Follows policy and delivers designated nursing interventions to assigned patients that are consistent with the documented medical plan of care.

·         Takes the nursing history, summarizes data and states nursing diagnoses / patient care needs.

·         Organize and maintain patient file and reports as per the MRD requirements in all shifts.

·         Ensure accurate documentation in nursing assessment sheet, pre and post-operative documents, intake output chart, ER chart, ICU chart etc. Don’t use other ink to erase, only strike off with single line.

·         Always greet with smile to patient and companion for their well-being.

·         Be groomed always.

·         Observes and records signs, symptoms and behaviors including the physiological status of patients’ reports, assessment changes to the concerned authority.

·         Ensure smooth functioning of admission, discharge and transfer procedures and assists others with patients’ activities and care with collaborative manner.

·         Follow handover-takeover process accurately with written/online notes.

·         Ensure introduction of next shift team member to patient and patient side medication check in each shift.

·         Executes physician’s orders for all assigned patients safely and properly administers medications and treatments. Strictly adhere read back policy (Refer policy no. 6 of medical admin).

·         Ensure identification safety for collection of specimens during collection and till the report informed to consultant.

·         Participate in consultant’s rounds and assist by giving relevant information based on nursing assessment/reassessment and observations.

·         Carry out routine check at each handover that all equipment’s are in working order.

·         Keep equipment in charging.

·         Ensure that all items used for patients inclusive of medications, surgical supplies are duly recorded and charged.

·         Ensure during internal transfer except the ordered medicine all other drug to be returned before shifting to other unit.

·         Maintain patients and accompanies safety by taking preventive measures against accidents.

·         Accurately records and reports incidents.

·         Ensure every error to be recorded.

·         Ensure strict infection control protocol and bio-waste guidelines to be followed for 24x7.

·         Ensure that daily briefing points and sign off are mandatory for day to day update.

·         Receives post-op Patient and also inform other departments.

·         Have basic knowledge of Patient Diagnostic procedure.

·         Observes conscious state and pupil reaction.

·         Draws Blood Sample (arterial and venous).

·         Assists in setting up ventilator, changes ventilator tubing and filter.

·         Assists in intubation and extubation and does ETT and oral suctioning.

·         Monitors and gives nursing care for patients on restraint.

·         Demonstrates ability and knowledge of adult and pediatric CPR.

·         Assists in Insertion of CVP and arterial line.

·         Performs chest physiotherapy and limb physiotherapy.

·         Assist in defibrillation.

·         Cares for surgical wounds and performs surgical dressing.

·         Maintains aseptic technique whenever required.

·         To follow Time Out for Invasive procedure

·         IPSG/GCS – Prepare Nursing care plan, deliver and document.

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About Company

Zydus Hospitals is a chain of multi-specialty hospitals offering advanced clinical care. It is known for its excellence in cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, and more. The hospital is backed by Zydus Group’s legacy in healthcare and life sciences.