Developing a Job Description for Staff Nurse Working in Haemodialysis Units in Selected hospitals

Research Abstract

Job description is an important issue that should be well known by all workers, each according to his/her job. This will enable the worker to perform better and achieve department and institution's objectives. Job description helps to prevent misunderstanding among nurses, overlapping of duties, conflicts, frustrations, and to improve employee’s performance. Job description involves organizational relationships, overall responsibilities, specific duties and working conditions for staff nurses in the haemodialysis units. It is useful for recruitment, placement and transfer decisions. It also can be used to guide and evaluate personnel. Moreover, job description is necessary in order to keep up-to-date with current health care changes and development, to avoid ambiguity, and to achieve the ultimate goal of continuous improving quality of care. The aim of the present study was to delineate activities that should be performed by the hemodialysis nurse as perceived by staff nurses, to observe their actual performance, and through comparing the actual performance with the ideal one, based on literature review and experts' opinions, to develop a job description for staff nurses working in the hemodialysis units. The study was conducted in the hemodialysis units at Al-Agouza hospital, Ain Shams University hospitals, and Ain Shams Specialized hospital. Subjects of the study cons

Research Keywords

Nurses, Haemodialysis