Registered Nurse

1.

Promotes optimum patient health and well-being.

1.1.

Identifies, promotes and assists patients to understand major determinants of health.

1.2.

Educates patients on health risks factors.

1.3.

Teaches patients and families strategies to develop healthy living behaviour.

1.4.

Identifies and implements health promotion strategies for early detection and screening for communicable diseases.

1.5.

Reduces the risk of disease transmission through applying universal standard infection control principles.

1.6.

Identifies records and take appropriate action to reduce incidence of disease transmission.

1.7.

Uses the care process in the promotion of holistic patient health and well-being.

2.

Promotes an environment that maximizes patient safety.

2.1.

Identifies environmental and behavioural factors which may compromise patient safety.

2.2.

Identifies and implements appropriate actions to reduce risk and harm.

2.3.

Intervenes and follows-up on incidents to reduce likelihood of occurrence.

3.

Promotes patient physiological and psychological integrity

3.1.

Assesses, plans and manages nursing interventions to optimize outcomes of care for patients throughout the life span in various states of health and illness.

3.2.

Implements general nursing care and comfort measures.

3.3.

Provides care for acute and chronic conditions.

3.4.

Provides care for acute and chronic conditions of a child from birth to adolescence.

3.5.

Demonstrates evidence based practice in use of pharmacological agents in treatment.

3.6.

Demonstrates ability to accurately calculate drug doses for administration.

3.7.

Documents care and patient outcomes.

3.8.

Evaluates and manages nursing care, altering delivery and priorities according to patient needs and outcomes ensuring continuity of care

3.9.

Documents care and patient outcomes.

4.

Demonstrates professional behaviour when working with people.

4.1.

Provides nursing care that demonstrates respect for human rights.

4.2.

Recognizes the responsibility to work within the professional standards and ethical codes of practice.

4.3.

Protects the patient from risks, harm, abuse or neglect within the boundaries of nursing care.

4.4.

Demonstrates knowledge of policies and procedures that guide the practice.

4.5.

Recognizes and acts upon policies, procedures or orders that might put at risk a patient's therapeutic outcomes or is not at best practice standards.

4.6.

Advocates sensitively for patient’s rights based on current legislation and ethical principles.

4.7.

Ensures confidentiality of patient information.

4.8.

Demonstrates sensitivity to diversity in cultural and religious beliefs.

4.9.

Utilizes effective time management strategies to organize workload.

4.10.

Draws on evidence-based research to perform safe, effective and efficient nursing interventions whilst taking patient's preferences into consideration.

4.11.

Establishes and maintains professional boundaries with patients and members of the health care team.

4.12.

Recognizes limitations in own professional knowledge and skills and takes appropriate action.

4.13.

Assumes accountability for delegation of nursing care.

5.

Upholds and contributes to the maintenance of professional nursing standards.

5.1.

Initiates and/or participates in programs and trainings that contribute to continual improvement in standards of care and extending the nursing professional body of knowledge.

5.2.

Identifies scientific advances and uses technology as appropriate to enhance patient care.

5.3.

Demonstrates a standard of personal health which ensures that patient care is not compromised.

5.4.

Demonstrates the ability to self-regulate through ongoing reflection and assessment of competency to practice.

Pay: AED7,500.00 - AED8,500.00 per month