Nursing Job In The United Kingdom

As an adult nurse

• Gain the trust and confidence of each patient
  
• Write patient care plans
  
• Implement plans for tasks such as preparing patients for operations, treating wounds and monitoring pulse, blood pressure and temperature
  
• Observe and record the condition of patients
  
• Check and administer drugs and injections
  
• Set up drips and blood transfusions
  
• Assist with tests and evaluations
  
• Carry out routine investigations
  
• Respond quickly to emergencies
  
• plan discharges from hospital and liaise with GPs and social workers
  
• reassure patients and their relatives and communicate effectively with them
  
• advocate on behalf of patients
  
• Educate patients about their health – this may include running clinics and education sessions on topics such as diabetes, weight loss and quitting smoking
  
• Organize staff and prioritize busy workloads
  
• mentor student and junior nurses
  
• Maintain patient records
  
• Make ethical decisions related to consent and confidentiality.
  

• Supporting patients through the preoperative phase of an operation, where you will be helping to carry out assessments.  
  
• Assisting anesthetists to prepare specialist drugs and equipment, as well as assessing the patient immediately before surgery. 
  
• Preparing and supplying tools and equipment throughout surgery, as well as acting as a link between the surgery room and the rest of the hospital. 
  
• Monitoring the wellbeing of the patient after surgery and offering further care and support going forward. 
  

As a midwife

• Monitor and examine women during pregnancy
  
• Develop, assess and evaluate individual programs of care
  
• Provide full antenatal care, including screening tests, examinations and parenting classes
  
• Identify high risk pregnancies and make referrals to doctors and other medical specialists
  
• Arrange and provide parenting and health education
  
• Provide counseling and advice before and after screening and tests
  
• Offer support and advice following events such as miscarriage, termination, stillbirth, neonatal abnormality and neonatal death
  
• Supervise and help mothers in labor, monitoring the condition of the fetus and applying knowledge of drugs and pain management
  
• Give support and advice on the daily care of the baby, including breastfeeding, bathing and making up feeds
  
• Promote health and wellbeing, providing unbiased information to pregnant mothers and their families
  
• Liaise with agencies and other health and social care professionals to ensure continuity of care
  
• Keep up to date with the latest developments in the profession so that their skills and knowledge remain current
  
• Participate in the training and supervision of junior colleagues.
  

• preparing and checking medications
  
• managing a baby’s fluids 
  
• recording observations and documenting a baby’s care
  
• initiating appropriate basic resuscitation in an emergency situation.
  

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