Registered nurses assess, plan, provide and evaluate preventative, curative and rehabilitative care for patients, clients and residents in a wide variety of settings.
Registered nurses may perform the following tasks:
- provide physical and technical nursing care and support for patients
- make sure patients receive treatment prescribed by doctors and other health professionals
- provide emotional and psychological support and information to patients and their families
- supervise, or carry out, nursing care of patients
- observe, monitor, assess, report and document patients' conditions and responses to treatment
- give medicines in accordance with sound working knowledge of legislation and pharmacology
- monitor and adjust medical equipment used in patient care and treatment, which can be highly technical and complex
- prepare patients for operations or provide post-operative care such as wound care and nutritional management
- assist in the rehabilitation of patients
- assist with patients' discharge planning
- provide first aid, assist in routine medical examinations, give advice on health matters and maintain sickness and accident records (where employed by large industrial or commercial organisations)
- answer questions and provide information to patients and families about health promotion, treatment and care
- contribute to the clinical training of nursing and midwifery students
- supervise enrolled nurses and other hospital staff.
Areas of specialist nursing practice include:
In hospitals, nurses usually work according to a rotating seven-day roster which includes morning, afternoon and night shifts, weekends and public holidays.
In other areas, the hours depend on the service.
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