• Assessing patients and gaining their trust.
• Planning and delivering patients’ care.
• Monitoring patients’ progress.
• Taking samples, pulses, temperatures and blood pressures.
• Monitoring and administering medication.
• Writing records.
• Supervising junior staff.
• Organising workloads.
• Providing emotional support to patients and relatives.
• Tutoring student nurses.
• Advising patients and relatives on health-related issues.