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ABELGAS, V.C.
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CHAPTER 3: NURSING SERVICES 2. Patient ward

NURSING SERVICES
● The nursing services department in the
hospitals aims to provide the highest quality of
nursing care service for the patient.
● It include the coordination tasks and
responsibilities of the nurse with other allied
departments such as dietetics, pharmacy,
clinical laboratory, and medico-social service.
● They monitor and ensure that the nursing care
given to the patients are as prescribed in the
requisition, they communicate the results of the 3. Delivery room/Labor room (DR/LR)
laboratory examination to the proper
department, and they review the charge applied
to the patient’s account.
● ER - emergency room
● Ward - inpatient
● OPD - outpatient department

The process in which the nursing services department

manafe the requisition:
1. Outpatient department
4. Operating room (OR)

5. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

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6. Intensive Care Unit (ICU) / Coronary Care Unit

(CCU)

DIETARY SERVICES
● The Dietary Services designed to help dieticians
in monitoring the diet requirement of the
patient.
● They can view the list of patients per nurse
station and meal type. They can define the diet
according to their needs.

KEY TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

● DR/LR – Delivery room or Labor room
● NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
● ICU – Intensive Care Unit
● CCU - Coronary Care Unit