Nurse Practitioner

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assessing the patients
• Checking chest x-ray
• Writing progress note or observations care
• Receiving patients from OT
• Shifting stable patients from ITU to Ward as per protocol
• Analyzing ABG & Correcting Electrolytes
• Checking Lab investigations & appropriate action
• Receiving unstable patients from ward and do initial assessment
• Demonstration in BLS/ ACLS/ NALS/ PALS, when patient got arrested
• Inserting CVP line & Monitoring
• Inserting Arterial line & Monitoring
• Inserting Peripheral line & Monitoring
• Inserting Foleys Catheter & checking cardiac output
• Inserting Dialysis Sheath & Monitoring
• Assisting procedures like Tracheostomy, Bronchoscopy
• Inserting Ryle’s tube & checking on Nutrition
• Monitoring of Hemodynamic
• Monitoring Hemodynamics & changing inotropes accordingly
• Weaning the patients from Mechanical Ventilation
• Intubation
• Removal of IABP
• Follow up Medication & Documentation
• Aspects on Hand Hygiene / Infection control in the ICU
• Aspect on Safety of patient in the ICU in different aspects
• NIV application & Monitoring
• Participate in the educational programs for the critical care unit personnel
• Responsible for training ICU nurses to increase their skills in treating critically ill patients
• Participate in monitoring the quality, safety and appropriateness of patient care as requested by the director or designee.
• Processing patient samples for ABG, VBG, GRBS, CARDIAC SOB , ACT & PT INR  on POCT devices.
• Performs Allen’s test, draws arterial blood and perform Arterial Blood Gas and Venous Blood Gas analysis for Patient samples.
• Monitors and update the critical value reporting documents for all POCT reports. Informing panic value to treating consultants and document the same.