Practice Nurse

Practice nurses job is to deliver basic practice nursing care such as supporting patients to recover, monitoring conditions of patients, screening and health prevention activities. A practice nurse works collaboratively with general practitioners to provide assessment, treatment, education, and care to all kinds of patients, ranging from infants to elderly people. Assessing and providing care to patients with uncomplicated wounds. Implementing and participating in immunisation and vaccination programs for both children and adults. Supporting and advising women regarding family planning needs. Implementing and evaluating separate treatment health plans for long-term condition patients. Taking urine and blood samples, smears, swabs and specimens. Performing routine procedures like ear syringing, treating wounds, and applying or removing dressings. Providing advice or offering specialist information in areas like blood pressure, heart conditions, giving up smoking, weight control.
Administering infant vaccinations and injections. Restocking and maintaining consulting and clinical areas. Taking accurate and comprehensible notes regarding patients consultations and treatments. Updating details about patients and their treatments in the clinical computer system.