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Diagnosing, monitoring and examining women during pregnancy;
Developing, assessing and evaluating individual programmes of care;
Providing full antenatal care, including screening tests in the hospital, community and the home;
Identifying high risk pregnancies and making referrals to doctors and other medical specialists;
Arranging and providing parenting and health education;
providing counselling and advice before and after screening and tests;
Offering support and advice following events such as miscarriage, termination, stillbirth, neonatal abnormality and neonatal death;
Supervising and assisting mothers in labour, monitoring the condition of the foetus and using knowledge of drugs and pain management;
Giving support and advice on the daily care of the baby, including breastfeeding, bathing and making up feeds;
Liaising with agencies and other health and social care professionals to ensure continuity of care

Assessing the patients needs and taking a basic personal and medical history.
Carrying out a risk assessment, identifying life and non-life threatening conditions.
Interpreting observations (weight, breathlessness, fatigue, o edema/fluid retention)
Managing airways and supporting breathing.
Controlling bleeding whilst maintaining circulation with cardio pulmonary resuscitation.
Using semi-automatic defibrillators to steady irregular heart beats.
Applying special splints and dressing wounds.

Comprehensive management of people living with HIV, that is provide counselling for each client, provision of medication on monthly basis, investigation, CD4 Cell Count, Viral load. Full Blood Count interpretation, management of opportunistic infection
The diagnosis, management and control of infection, both relating to patients and to the community.
Advising patients on precautions to take with current partner.
Promoting good sexual health practices.
Counselling patients.
Carrying out reaches.
Compiling local statistics.
Keeping up to date with the latest health research and policies.

Identifies patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements. Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions.
Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations. Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations; calling for assistance from health care support personnel.
Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations. Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential. title:nurse, registered
Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques.
Maintains nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies; using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving methods.
Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.