Nurses responsible for general care are in charge of promoting and restoring patients` health by providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families. They also supervise assigned team members.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Planning, providing and evaluating nursing care for patients according to the practice and standards of modern nursing;
(b) Coordinating the care of patients in consultation with other health professionals and members of health teams;
(c) Developing and implementing care plans for the biological, social and psychological treatment of patients in collaboration with other health professionals;
(d) Planning and providing personal care, treatments and therapies including administering medications, and monitoring responses to treatment or care plan;
(e) Cleaning wounds and applying surgical dressings and bandages
(f) Monitoring pain and discomfort experienced by patients and alleviating pain using a variety of therapies, including the use of painkilling drugs;
(g) Planning and participating in health education programmes, health promotion and nurse education activities in clinical and community settings;
(h) Answering questions from patients and families and providing information about prevention of ill-health, treatment and care;
(i) Supervising and coordinating the work of other nursing, health and personal care workers;
(j) Conducting research on nursing practices and procedures and disseminating findings such as through scientific papers and reports.