Kidist T.

• Take patient information in outpatient departments and verify need for requested medication • Scrutinize prescription to ensure authenticity of information • Administer requested medication to patients orally and through IVs • Educate patients in the self-administering of medication such as subcutaneous and oral medicines • Follow medication administering instructions provided by the physician in an accurate manner • Observe patients’ response to existing and new treatment plans and make decisions to perform intervention activities where required • Maintain accounting of all medications especially controlled substances • Create, maintain and update patient records and medication information on a regular basis • Write accurate reports regarding patients’ responses to administered medication • Maintain awareness of medication interactions and side effects • Take patients’ vitals such as blood pressure and pulse to determine changes brought about by new medication • Document reasons when a prescribed drug is not administered • Confer with patients’ physicians if in doubt about administering a particular medicine to a certain patient • Interview patients to determine their medical history and any drug allergies that they may have • Order medicines and supplies such as syringes, saline water, swabs and spirit • Maintain and restock medication inventories and waste any expired medication or supplies on an immediate basis

-Provides patients' personal hygiene by giving bedpans, urinals, baths, backrubs, shampoos, and shaves; assisting with travel to the bathroom; helping with showers and baths. -Prepare food. -Provides for activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding patients as necessary; ambulating, turning, and positioning patients; providing fresh water and nourishment between meals. -Maintains patient stability by checking vital signs and weight; testing urine; recording intake and output information. -Provides patient comfort by utilizing resources and materials; transporting patients; answering patients' call lights and requests; reporting observations of the patient to nursing supervisor. -Documents actions by completing forms, reports, logs, and records in EMR. -Protects organization's value by keeping patient information confidential.

-Provides patients' personal hygiene by giving bedpans, urinals, baths, backrubs, shampoos, and shaves; assisting with travel to the bathroom; helping with showers and baths. -Provides for activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding patients as necessary; ambulating, turning, and positioning patients; providing fresh water and nourishment between meals. -Maintains patient stability by checking vital signs and weight; testing urine; recording intake and output information. -Provides patient comfort by utilizing resources and materials; transporting patients; answering patients' call lights and requests; reporting observations of the patient to nursing supervisor. -Documents actions by completing forms, reports, logs, and records in EMR. -Protects organization's value by keeping patient information confidential.