The pulmonary department of the regional hospital is a structural unit whose main goal is the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the respiratory system. It mainly treats those patients who cannot be effectively treated in conventional therapeutic departments.
Pathology profile
In the pulmonology department of the regional hospital, patients with diseases of the respiratory system are treated. The main ones are the following:
- pneumonia;
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease;
- bronchial asthma;
- chronic and acute bronchitis;
- pleurisy;
- alveolitis;
- emphysema;
- bronchiectatic disease.
Moreover, rather simple cases of these diseases are treated in the therapeutic departments of district hospitals.
Staff composition
The pulmonology department of the regional hospital employs staff at various levels. Among them:
- Doctors
- nurses;
- Nursing staff.
Doctors are involved in the organization and conduct of the medical and diagnostic process. Nurses carry out medical appointments and supervise the junior medical staff (nurses), who, in turn, provides direct care for patients, and also maintains cleanliness in the department.
Work organization
The duties of the head of the pulmonology department of the regional hospital are assigned to the head. It is he who manages his activities and is responsible for everything that happens in the entrusted structural unit. The department head in his work is responsible to the deputy chief physician (primarily in the medical field), as well as the chief physician.
Lower in the hierarchy are pulmonologists. It is they who carry out the development of a rational treatment plan and examination of patients. Their activities are controlled by the head of the pulmonology department of the regional clinical hospital in two main ways:
- Checking inpatient stories.
- Conducting weekly administrative rounds in the wards, at which the pulmonologist reports to the manager about each of the patients.
Thanks to these activities, an experienced manager is able to quickly correct defects in the work of his subordinates.
The head nurse submits directly to the head of the pulmonology department. She is engaged in issues of maintaining the proper level of sanitary and epidemiological status in the territory entrusted to her. In addition, she draws up a work schedule and a time sheet.
In children's regional hospitals, pulmonology departments operate on a similar basis.
A senior nurse coordinates the activities of middle and junior staff. In addition to her instructions, all doctors of the pulmonology department of the regional hospital can give nurses and nurses.
Tasks of the average staff
It is very difficult to overestimate the role of the medical staff of any department, however, nurses are entrusted with equally important tasks. Their main responsibilities are:
- the implementation of medical appointments (distribution of drugs, injections, the implementation of certain physiotherapy procedures);
- performing simple diagnostic manipulations (taking biological samples for further research in CDL, conducting electrocardiography and others);
- organization of patient care activities (including the efforts of nurses);
- filling in accounting and reporting documentation;
- control over the activities of nurses;
- first aid to patients in case of emergency.
Today, it is the nurse who is the employee who spends the most time with patients.
Junior staff role
Nurses play an important role in the work of any department of both inpatient and outpatient health care facilities. They are entrusted with the following tasks:
- Keeping the compartment clean.
- Direct care of patients (including their delivery to diagnostic tests, cleaning of ships, sanitization, distribution of food to weakened persons, changing their clothes, etc.).
- Compliance with all directions of nurses and doctors of the department
As a result, the activities of junior staff are very important for the work of the entire department. Without them, it would be almost impossible to achieve the necessary sanitary and hygienic level.
Telemedicine technology
The number of places in any, including the pulmonological department, is limited. In some cases, a patient, even with severe pathology, cannot be transferred to a specialized center (for example, if it is not transportable). In such situations, doctors who work in district hospitals in conventional therapeutic departments can be assisted using telemedicine technologies. This counseling mechanism involves the transfer of patient information over the Internet to a pulmonologist who works in a specialized hospital. He assesses the situation and provides his recommendations for the management of the disease.