Unit name

Ward 12

Patient population

Adult over 12 years old; mixed gender

Hours of operation

24 hours/ 7 days per week

Number of beds

25

Occupancy Rate

95%

Staff categories

Registered Nurse
Patient Educator
Unit Assistant
Patient Care Technician
Patient Escort

Primary patient diagnoses

• Medical and Nephrology Patients such as Acute and Chronic Renal failure,
• Systemic Lupus Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, UTI, Hemodialysi Catheter Sepsis.
• Renal transplant work-up, Cadaveric and Living Related Kidney Transplant
• Post operative case with or without Patient Controlled Anesthesia, Care of patient on rejection, care of Arterio-venous fistula and graft and perm catheters, Care of pre and post hemodialysis and Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis patient with complications.

Procedures

• Administration of Medications and blood and blood products
• Close monitoring of post kidney transplants direct from Recovery room
• Manual Central Venous pressure monitoring
• Assisting bedside procedures such as Insertion of Intrajugular and Femoral Quinton Catheters, abdominal and pleural taps, bone marrow biopsies
• Preparation of patient for procedures in Angio Department such as Kidney biopsies and insertion of Perm catheter, Bronchospy and endoscopy procedures and other diagnostic procedures.

Nursing care Delivery system