Auxiliary Nurse Responsibilities and Duties

Execute auxiliary nursing functions to ensure comfort to patients during healthcare deliveries.

Observe, take and record vital signs, blood pressure and temperatures.

Assist qualified nurses in delivering healthcare to patients.

Assist incapacitated patients in dressing, washing, and bathing.

Feed patients at breakfast, lunch and supper and dinner times.

Administer medicines to patients at the advice of doctors or qualified nurses.

Clean and sanitize patient surroundings.

Take patients for a walk at the advice of doctors and nurses.

Make beds and change bed sheets for patients.

Assist and support healthcare scientists in analyzing samples.