– Assessment of patient
• Take history
• Perform general & specific
physical examination
• Identify alterations and
deviations
– Practice medical-surgical
asepsis-standard safety
measures.
– Administer medications
• Oral
• Sub-lingual
• Intra-dermal
• Subcutaneous
• Intramuscular
• Intravenous
– Intravenous therapy
• IV canulation
• Maintenance & monitoring
– Oxygen therapy-mask,
prongs & tent
– Nebulization
– Chest physiotherapy
– Naso-gastric feeding
– Assist in common diagnostic
procedures
– Perform/assist in therapeutic
procedures
– Transfusion of Blood & its
components
– Throat suctioning
– ET suctioning
– Collect specimens for
common
– investigations
– Maintain elimination
• Catheterization
– Educate & counsel patient
& family regarding specific
disease conditions.

– Practice medical-surgical
asepsis-standard safety.
– Pre-operative preparation of
patient
– Post-operative care
• Receiving
• Assessment
• Monitoring
– Care of wounds and drainage
– Suture removal
– Ambulation & exercises
– Naso-gastric aspiration
– Care of chest drainage
– Ostomy care
• Gastrostomy
• Enterostomy
• Colostomy
– Transfusion of Blood & its
components
– practice universal
precautions