ROBERT ASHU TAKIN

Clinical Responsibilities

• Doing the psychiatric nursing evaluation and comprehensively completing the documentation
• Provision of a therapeutic environment
• The therapeutic use of self
• Forming therapeutic nurse/patient relationships
• Doing crisis intervention
• Counseling patients
• Giving psychiatric nursing care
• Giving pre and post care to the patient receiving ECT
• Administering and evaluating the effects of medication
• Giving health education to patient, families and the public when appropriate
• Doing discharge education
• Ensuring that all information pertaining to the patient is recorded accurately and legibly signed
• Ensuring that confidentiality is maintained at all times
• Carrying out patient care and specific duties as delegated by the unit manager
• Ensuring that safe patient care is practiced at all times, especially with regard to patients on Special Observation
• Maintaining open communication with family members and significant others at all times
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Managed care from admission to discharge.

Control

• The ordering of medication for patients shall be done according to policy
• Ward stock (medication) will be kept at a manageable level
• Medical supplies will be kept at a manageable level
• Ensure safe keeping of medicines
• Prevent stock shortages through planned ordering
• Ensure that equipment is used correctly
• Ensure Maintenance of equipment
• Ensure safe keeping of equipment
• Ensure that electric lights and heaters are turned off when not in use
• Report maintenance issues
• The delegation and supervision of subordinates is done according to their knowledge, skills and attitude, which facilitates for quality nursing care to be rendered.

Organization

• In the absence of the unit manager or as a delegated duty the Registered Nurse will be able to plan systematically, He/she will be able to adapt as circumstances change and will be able to successfully carry a greater workload.
• The Registered Nurse shall delegate duties in accordance to the knowledge, skills and attitudes of colleagues and subordinates, thus maximizing the utilization of manpower and improving productivity.