DIRECTORATE OF NURSING SERVICES.
Performs the function of coordination and monitoring nursing services as well as overseeing professional nursing ethics.
- Nursing Managers Activities:
- Supervise patients nursing care activities
- Oversees adherence of nurses to professional ethics
- Manages the patients' care setting (Cleanliness, movement of people etc)
- Ensures resources for patient treatment and care are in place in their respective wards (drugs, equipment, supplies)
- Respond to patients' complaints.
- Hospital quality improvement and audit unit activities:
- Coodinates quality improvement activities at the hospital
- Conducts quarterly audits on clinical practices
- Produces quality improvement procedures, standards, guidelines and auditing tools
- Supervices and produces a monthly patient management duties and nursing care report to management.
- Hospital Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and Health Care Waste Management unit Activities:
- Monitor infection prevention control activities at the hospital
- Conducts training on infection prevention control and health care wastes management.
- Distributes sharp boxes, waste disposal bags and containers
- Produces manuals and standards guidelines on IPC
- Hospital Health Education and Counselling Unit Activities:
- Monitor health education and counseling activities at the hospital
- Produces manuals, standards guidelines on health educatin & counseling materials.
- Conduct individual health education/counseling or group health education on daily basis.
- Hospital Central Sterilization and Supplies Unit Activites:
- Conducts sterilization of all hospital equipment and supplies
- Distributes sterile equipment to clinical service delivery points.
The following Departments follows under Directorate of Nursing Services(DNS).
Monitors Nursing Services in Paediatric Department.
- C5
- E5
- Neonetal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
- PICU
- Ophthalmology
- Pediatrics (POPD) Clinic
Monitors Nursing Services in Internal Medicine department.
- C8
- C7
- E7
- J2 VIP
- EMD (H2) wards
- Medical (MOPD)
- NHIF CLINIC –NEW BUILDING
Monitors Nursing Services in Orthopedic , Urology and ENT Department.
- E9
- E8
- E6
- J5 Orthopedics Female Wards
- Surgical and Dental Clinics
Monitors Nursing Services in OBGY / ICU Department.
- C4
- E4
- PU
- C2 Labor Ward (C2LW)
- Adult Intensive Care Unit (AICU)
- Gynecology (GOPD) CLINIC
Monitors Nursing Services in General Surgery, Neural Surgery Department.
- C9
- C6
- J5 BURN Unit wards
- Operating Theatre
- CSSD
- Oncology