Director of Nursing
Al Ansari Specialist Hospital
Total years of experience :19 years, 7 Months
- Develops, maintains, and implements nursing policies and procedures that conform to current standards of nursing practice, facility philosophy, and operational policies while maintaining compliance with state and federal laws and regulations.
- Communicates and interprets policies and procedures to nursing staff, and monitors staff practices and implementation.
- Participates in daily or weekly management team meetings to discuss patient status, census changes, personnel, or patient complaints or concerns.
- Evaluates the work performance of all nursing personnel, assists in the determination of wage increases, and implements discipline according to operational policies.
- Exercises overall supervision of resident assessments and care plans.
- Oversees or is responsible for the competency testing, and all related records
- Reviews 24-hour report from every unit daily to monitor and ensure timely, effective responses to significant changes in condition, transfers, and discharges, use of restraints, unexplained injuries, falls, behavioral episodes, and medication errors.
- Collaborates with physicians, consultants, community agencies, and institutions to improve the quality of services and to resolve identified problems.
- Oversees nursing schedules to assure they meet patient needs and regulatory and budgetary standards.
- Oversees and supervises development and delivery of in-service education to equip nursing staff with sufficient knowledge and skills to provide compassionate, quality care and respect for patient rights.
- Proactively develops positive employee relations, incentives, and recognition programs. Promotes teamwork, mutual respect, and effective communication.
- Performs rounds to observe care and to interview staff, patients, families or other interested parties.
- Establishes, implements, and monitors the infection control program designed to provide a safe, sanitary, and comfortable environment designed to prevent the devilment and transmission of disease and infection.
- Is an active member of the IC Committee.
- Coordinates and/or develops on-going QA activities for nursing services to monitor nursing compliance with standards and regulatory requirements through rounds, interviews, and record reviews. Compiles summary of findings for the Quality Assurance committee.
- Helps the Administrator prepare staff for inspection surveys, instructing staff on matters of conduct and disclosure, being interviewed by inspectors, immediate corrections of problems noted by surveyors, etc. Reviews and reinforces important standards previously cited.
- Promotes customer service and hospitality and responds to and adequately resolves complaints or concerns from patients or families about nursing services.
- Monitors facility incidents and complaints daily to identify those defined as unusual occurrences by State policy and promptly reports such occurrences to Administrator/Executive Director for appropriate action.
- Promotes compliance with accident prevention procedures, safety rules, and safe work practices to prevent employee injury and illness and control worker’s compensation costs.
- Assures staff is trained in fire and disaster and other emergency procedures, and evaluates performance during drills.
- Interacts courteously with patients, family members, employees, visitors, vendors, business associates, and representatives of government agencies.
-functions covered as charge nurse to OB ward, Pedia Ward, Surgical and Burn Unit, Medical male/female ward, isolation ward
-checks for and carry out doctors order
-monitors drug to drug interaction in the ward
-monitors adverse drug effects
-prepares medications to clients
-do referrals to other physician when needed
-checks patients vital signs
-prep patients for a procedure ordered
-do health teaching upon discharge and while still admitted in the hospital
-checks products for expiry date and authenticity upon arrival
-records to legal books prescription dispensed
-acts as a health counsellor to clients
-monitors adrverse drug reactions and drug to drug interactions
-monitors cash flows, handles cashiering at times when understaff
-do product dispensing
- a 50 bed capacity hospital with primary care nursing service offered
-initially checks for patients vital signs
-carries out doctors order
-prepares medications due for the client
-do bedside care
-assess clients for any untoward reactions
-assists physicians in minor procedures like chest tube thoracostomy
-monitors patients in cardiac monitors and on pulse oximeters
-evaluates patients status during the course of the treatment
-refers to PIC status of the patients
-close monitoring on patients that are marked critical and high-risk
-provide helath teaching to clients and relatives
- do inventory of products in quarterly basis
-checks products for authenticity and expiry dates
-dispense prescribed products
-do health teaching and counselling to clients in need
-monitors drug to drug interactions and adverse drug reactions
-checks product quality
-handles cash flow as needed
