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Detailed Needs and Requirements: General Nursing Unit
Toilets for the use of the nursing staff should be available on the unit.
Frequent nursing staff conference are necessary on the unit to transfer
information regarding patient condition and treatment schedules from
one nursing shift to another and for continuing education of nurses
during duty hours.
5. Medical Students
Medical students will do much of the routine patient diagnostic work,
e.g. patient histories, physical examinations, routine laboratory
determinations, and may assist physicians, residents, and interns with
more complex diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. They will
accompany physicians during teaching rounds and may also attend
routine rounds with residents and interns. They will participate in
group and individual discussions or instruction sessions and may be
involved in individual study on the unit.
6. Nursing Students
Nursing students participate in patient care activities as well as receive
instruction on the general nursing unit. They will carry out routine
nursing care activities, e.g. administering medication, measuring "vital
signs", collecting samples, etc. and will observe and assist nurses,
physicians, residents, and interns with more complex procedures.
They may also accompany physicians and nurses on patient rounds.
Nursing students may receive classroom instruction and participate in
group discussions conducted by nursing instructors in conjunction with
their work on these units.
7. Ward Clerk
The ward clerk is responsible for most clerical work, e.g. processing
request and order forms, routine charting, preparing schedules, typing
memoranda and letters, processing telephone calls, processing
admission or disposition records, maintaining personnel records,
processing mail, etc. She will also act as the unit receptionist and may
run essential errands for physicians or nursing staff.
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