Ria Mai Dizon

• Direct Patient Care: (1:5)

- Perform head-to-toe assessment

- Interpret telemetry readings to identify and report abnormal heart rhythms.

- Administer medications and treatments per physician orders, ensuring compliance with safety protocols.

- Perform nighttime peritoneal dialysis.

- Prevent complications by closely monitoring vital signs and promptly responding to changes in patient status.

- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized care plans.

- Help team manage patient flow by promoting timely placements for admissions, discharges and transfers.

- Develop strong rapport with patients and colleagues through active listening skills, cultural sensitivity, and compassionate care approach.

- Actively participate in continuing education opportunities to stay current on best practices in progressive care nursing techniques and technologies.

• Bedside and Charge:

- Make rounds necessary for the purpose of observing and meeting patient's needs with special attention to critical, new admission, pre-/post-operative patients.

- Take and record vital signs, intake and output on all patients, particularly on critically ill patients.

- Join doctor's rounds and assist physician in examination, treatment, dressing, and other nursing bedside procedures.

- Check, carry out, and transcribe doctor's order for procedures/treatments and delegate to staff, coordinate with different divisions/units regarding implementation of the patient care.

- Provide health teachings regarding the nursing care given during admission and prior discharge.

- Review and evaluate the effectiveness of nursing care, relay laboratory results and update physician regarding patient's status.

- Check completeness of E-cart and make replacement if necessary.

- Make requisition as needed for the effective functioning of unit e.g. repair of equipment and other supplies.

- Attend and participate in staff meeting as called for by the administrator.

- Make assessments on the assigned client and refer for significant findings to the staff nurse on duty.

- Monitor vital signs, blood glucose levels, intake and output, and transfusion reactions if any.

- Perform NGT feeding, indwelling catheterization, wound care.

- Assist in activities of daily living e.g. ambulation, passive exercises, feeding, bed bath.

- Give oral medications.

- Performing tracheostomy care and suctioning.