Job Description
Staff nurses have to provide nursing care to the patients and support to the doctors
They have to administer medicines and injections according to the time stated on their charts
They have to ready the patients before any surgical procedure and even talk to the family about the procedures
They have to ensure that all dietary requirements are followed by the patient
They also have to ensure that patient is in a hygienic condition and should provide them with sponge baths everyday
They have to check on the patients during their rounds and even inform the other nurses when there is a change in the shift
They need to have good composure as patients can get serious any time and may have to be taken to the intensive care unit
Staff nurses should have a gentle touch as they are ones who conduct invasive procedures like placing on intarcath, catheter and giving injections
They also have to ensure that charts of all the patients are accurate and up to date
