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Practical Nurse

  • Weighs and measures the height of all admitted patients to the floor
  • Puts bracelets on all patients’ wrists, when admitted to floor
  • Ensures cleanness of patients
  • Assists in all diagnostic procedures
  • Feeds all patients according to medical order
  • Takes vital signs and record them on TPR sheet
  • Reports any abnormal changes in patient medical status to the Registered Nurse/ In- Charge Nurse
  • Receives and discharge patients to and from the floor
  • Records findings and inform RN in case of abnormality, empty Foley catheter bags
  • Checks and report the unit’s materials availability to superiors (linen, gauzes, sets…)
  • Gives postmortem care (cleanness, roll in clean cover…)
  • Prepares patients to surgical procedures (shaving, giving enemas…)
  • Performs routine patients’ safety rounds on an hourly basis
  • Ensures tidiness and cleanness of the unit
  • Participates in all floor meetings
  • Ensures proper maintenance and use of medical equipment and report any misusage or malfunctioning to RN
  • Performs clerical tasks, when needed
Intervention Sectors
Health
Location
  • Lebanon
Application Deadline
Organisation
Salary Range
< 800 (USD)
Contract Type
Full Time
Requires a Cover Letter?
No
Experience Requirements
1 to 2 years
Education Degree
Bachelor Degree
Arabic
Good
English
Good
French
None
Hide guidelines for wrong answers
No