Nurses
Nurses manage most of your ongoing care and treatment in the hospital. They assess, plan and administer your daily treatment and manage your general health. Speak to them about your immediate needs. They can also direct you to the right people to speak to about specific medical issues.
Nurses – Roles and Responsibilities
Like doctors, nurses have different roles and responsibilities based on their experience and specialties.
These roles include:
Responsibilities
- Nurse unit manager – runs the ward.
- Associate nurse unit manager – helps the nurse unit manager to run the ward and acts as the manager when the nurse unit manager is off-site.
- Nurse practitioners – highly skilled nurses with an advanced level of training
- Specialist nurses, such as clinical nurse specialists, clinical nurse consultants, clinical nurse educators, triage nurses, emergency department nurses
- Registered nurses – provide a high level of day-to-day care and perform some minor procedures
- Enrolled nurses – provide basic medical care under the supervision of more senior nurses.
