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                                    POLICIES & PROCEDURES ON PAIN MANAGEMENT   Policy:  Pain is identified during the initial and/or subsequent assessments of the patients. The patient's self-report of pain is the single most reliable indicator of pain, and thus must be recorded as described. This assessment and a measure of the characteristics of the pain are recorded in the treatment or medical record. Assessment of cognitively impaired patients will be obtained through a family member/caregiver and/or as demonstrated by nonverbal cues of pain. An individualized plan of care is developed that includes the management of pain. Pain will be measured using one of the standard pain scales in the facility.   The intent of this policy is to provide a standard of care for evaluating pain and to assure that safe methods of assessment, monitoring, evaluating, and reassessment of all pati...

                                          POLICIES & PROCEDURE ON NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT OF PATIENT Policy:   Nutritional needs shall be assessed and re-assessed at regular interval. These nutritional needs shall be addressed as per procedure.   All special diet order shall be written in diet sheet the hospital shall allow the family food for the patient only with consultant’s permission and under dietician’s supervision. When families provide the food they shall be educated about the patient’s diet limitation. The hospital shall issue pass for outside / family food and it shall be check by concerned authority or security   Hygienic condition shall be maintained for provision of food to patients   Following procedure shall be followed to address nutritional needs of patients. The services of fulltime dietician are available with the hospit...

                                                                     POLICIES & PROCEDURES ON END OF LIFE CARE Preamble :  In the last phase of life people seek peace and dignity. To help realize this, every person should be able to fairly expect the following elements of care from physicians, health care institutions, and the community.   Policy: To provide skilful nursing, gentle handling and utmost reverence to the body after death. Patients may have one or more cultural beliefs or personal wishes relating to death and dying; these must be respected. Infection risks do not increase after death. Death in hospital may necessitate by law the involvement of the registrar/legal authority. It is important that healthcare workers comply with legislation, the wishes of patients/re...