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Department of NursingHOSPITAL NURSING SERVICE - MOVING TOWARDS NURSING EXCELLENCE Today, Nursing services at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital is at the threshold of achieving Nursing Excellence. The Nurse has to nourish, protect, prevent illness, avoid injury and educate the community. She must keep pace with the doctor and thus needs better education and best training in technical skill. Service to patient remains her primary function and the reason for the existence of Nursing profession. The Nursing Service is crucial for the reputation of the hospital. The skills and efficiency in the Nursing staff is vital and touchy. She Is a loyal friend to the doctor, affectionate mother - substitute to the patient, coordinator of all ward activities of ward personnel. She has to exert all her faculties in managing sensitive ICU and OT areas. She has to organize safety measures to prevent accidents to patients. She has to be tactful, independent, tolerant & sensitive while dealing with patients and their relation, doctors, paramedical and the class four-category employees. The Nursing Staff in the hospital play a crucial role in patient care. It provides useful support under the control of Nursing Superintendent. Duties of Nursing Staff
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FUTURE ACTIVITIES In the absence of a formal CNE (Continued Nursing Education) the hospital plans to started an 'In-house - CNE' which shall review courses and assign credits. In future, on line courses can be accessed Health Stream University. QUALITY CIRCLE A non-punitive, competitive approach has been started in the Wards wherein all Nursing practice is monitored against a Check List by Senior Nuts' staff 'in rotation. This has instilled confidence in correction of incorrect habits by colleagues, without fear of punitive action. It has improved communication among nursing colleagues. At the end of three months, the Wards shall be evaluated and one Ward adjudged the "Best Ward" shall get a running trophy to keep for next 3 months. A NURSING AUDIT COMMITTEE has been formed with the following as its members:
The Committee shall meet once a month to discuss at least five such cases randomly selected. The purpose of the Nursing Audit Committee shall be to educate the nursing staff to adopt progressive patient friendly practices as well as to weed out some unwanted practices, to identify errors in nursing practice and to employ error reduction strategies. The report of the Nursing Audit Committee shall be maintained in confidentiality. |
