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  Patients admitted to the infectious diseases department need special care, especially those who have been diagnosed with a severe form of a particular infection. Much here depends on the nurses, whose professional skills help to properly organize the treatment process prescribed by the doctors.

 The patient is first met by a nurse
· As in any department of the hospital, the duties of nurses in the infectious diseases department are different.
One of them, which is called procedural, conducts drug injections, making injections intravenously, subcutaneously or intramuscularly. And the nurse at the post is assigned the duties of distributing pills, measuring the temperature of the patient, monitoring his well-being. She also puts enemas if necessary. · In the department of infectious diseases, specialized procedures are also carried out, in particular, tests .
A trained nurse works here. A person admitted to the infectious diseases department of a hospital is usually met first by a nurse.
She acquaints the patient with the regime established in the department, tells him about the peculiarities of nutrition, upcoming studies. Her responsibilities include monitoring the work of nurses, since it depends on them how strictly the increased requirements for sanitary and hygienic conditions in the infectious disease department are observed: wards and boxes, as well as floors and furniture, must be treated with disinfectants .
· The nurse monitors how the patient feels, and in case of any deviations from the norm, she must immediately inform the attending physician about this.
She must know how and in what ways the infection is transmitted to healthy people, in what ways it is treated, and in accordance with this knowledge, organize its work. · In the event of a crisis, the nurse should be able to apply the entire arsenal of techniques and methods to calm the patient. This is especially important because a patient with a severe infection often has mental disorders, which negatively affects the effectiveness of treatment.

 Help restore the patient to health

Proper nutrition plays an important role.
The recovering person is usually emaciated and often finds it difficult to hold a spoon in his hands. The nurse should help him have breakfast or lunch, doing it patiently and carefully. Infectious diseases are usually severe.
The patient, for example, often has diarrhea, feels sick, and dehydration must be prevented. The nurse is obliged to ensure that the patient has enough juices, clean water, so that he drinks at least two liters of fluid per day - this way the body will quickly get rid of toxins. · Monitoring blood pressure, pulse, body temperature - all this is also included in the daily duties of a nurse. report on all these indicators to the doctor leading the patient.
In intestinal infections, it is important to ensure that the patient does not have complications.
This requires some form of prevention. The nurse must ensure that the patient brushes his teeth on time, be sure to rinse his mouth after eating. This should be monitored by a nurse. · For constipation, which often accompanies intestinal infections, the nurse must make a cleansing enema with the help of Esmarch's mug.
· Disinfection of linen of patients in the department, heating pads, "ducks", pots and other things - all this is also monitored by a nurse in the infectious diseases department.
In many ways, it is the work of a nurse that helps to restore the patient's health.