Bangalore · Hospital bedside and travel
A private duty nurse at the bedside, or on the road.
One qualified nurse assigned to one patient: at the hospital bedside when the ward is stretched or the family cannot stay, or accompanying a patient on a journey, by road, rail or air, within India. Booked by the 12-hour shift for one to seven days, with 48 hours’ notice.
Reviewed by Sister Mary George, B.Sc Nursing, Care DirectorLast updated September 2026
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In one paragraph
A private duty nurse is a GNM or B.Sc nurse assigned to a single patient for a defined period, most often at a hospital bedside where the family cannot be present or the ward cannot give one-to-one attention, or travelling with a patient who needs medicines, oxygen or monitoring on the way. Booked by the 12-hour shift for one to seven days with 48 hours’ notice, the nurse works within the hospital’s or the treating doctor’s instructions and reports to the family.
What we cover
Care needs & conditions covered.
Conditions covered
- Family abroad or in another city while a parent is admitted
- Post-operative patients on a general ward
- Confused or dementia patients who pull at lines
- Long admissions where the family is exhausted
- Patients being transferred between hospitals or cities
- Elderly parents travelling to join family
- Oxygen-dependent patients on a journey
- Medical tourism patients returning home after treatment
Care needs we support
- Constant bedside presence: calling the ward nurse, keeping the patient from pulling lines, helping with meals and toileting
- Vitals and events noted so the family gets a factual update, not a guess, at the end of each shift
- Medicines carried and given on schedule during travel, with the prescription and the doctor’s letter
- Oxygen, suction or a monitor managed en route, with the airline or railway’s medical requirements handled beforehand
- Transfer coordination: discharge papers, ambulance, receiving hospital or family briefed on arrival
- A written report to the family at each handover, and a call when anything changes
At the hospital bedside
The ward has one nurse for eight patients. Your parent gets one for themselves.
Bangalore’s hospitals allow a private nurse or bystander with the patient, and many families abroad or in other cities use one so someone is always at the bedside. A nurse, as opposed to an attendant, understands the chart, can tell the family what the doctor’s round actually said, and notices a change before the ward does.
- Present through the shift; the ward is called for anything that is the ward’s job
- Doctor’s rounds attended and the plan explained to the family in a call after each one
- Confused patients kept safe from pulling out cannulas, catheters and feeding tubes
- Help with meals, mouth care, turning and toileting that a stretched ward cannot give hourly
- Discharge prepared for: medicines understood, follow-ups noted, home equipment flagged early
- Continues as a short-term home nurse after discharge if the family wants the same face
Travelling with a patient
A journey a patient could not make alone, made with a nurse.
An elderly parent moving to live with a child in another city, a patient going home after treatment in Bangalore, a transfer to a hospital elsewhere. The nurse carries the medicines and the letter, manages oxygen or a monitor on the way and hands over at the other end.
- Fitness-to-travel letter and the airline’s or railway’s medical forms arranged with the treating doctor before the date
- Portable oxygen concentrator approval, wheelchair assistance and seating arranged with the carrier
- Medicines carried in the original packaging with the prescription, given on schedule across time changes
- Vitals checked at intervals and the patient kept hydrated, mobile and comfortable on long legs
- Ambulance or taxi at both ends coordinated with the family or the receiving hospital
- Written handover to the receiving family or ward, and the nurse’s return travel included in the booking
Nurse or attendant
For the bedside, often an attendant is enough. For travel with medicines or oxygen, a nurse.
A hospital patient attendant, which we also provide, is right when the need is presence, meals and help to the bathroom. A nurse is right when the patient is unstable, confused with lines in place, or travelling with medicines, oxygen or equipment that must be managed on the way.
- Attendant: presence, meals, toileting, calling the ward
- Nurse: understanding the chart, explaining the round, spotting deterioration
- Nurse: any travel with oxygen, injections or a monitor
- Nurse: patients with a tracheostomy, feeding tube or fresh surgical wound
- Either: long admissions where the family needs relief and the patient is stable
- Tell us the case; we will say which and roster accordingly
How it is booked
By the shift, at the bedside or for the journey.
Hospital shifts follow the same 12-hour pattern as home nursing. Travel is booked as a package covering the journey and the nurse’s return.
Hospital day or night shift
A family that cannot be at the bedside, or wants a clinical eye on a parent through the admission.
A GNM or B.Sc nurse working within the hospital’s rules for private nurses, reporting to the family after each shift.
Quote on enquiry
Hospital 24-hour cover
Confused or high-dependency patients who need someone at the bedside around the clock.
Two nurses in 12-hour shifts, handing over at the bedside in writing.
Quote on enquiry
Travel nurse
A patient travelling by road, rail or air within India who needs medicines, oxygen or monitoring en route.
One nurse for the journey and handover, with the return travel and the paperwork included in the booking.
Quote on enquiry
Quoted on enquiry before the booking is confirmed. Travel bookings include the nurse’s tickets, meals and return; the patient’s own travel, oxygen rental and any carrier medical fees are itemised separately.
Hospital bookings need 48 hours. Travel bookings need longer when an airline’s medical clearance is involved, usually five to seven working days. We do not take same-day bookings at present.
Know the red flags
When the nurse calls the family, the ward or an ambulance.
The private nurse’s first duty is to the patient in front of her, and the escalation route differs by setting.
- In hospital: any change in consciousness, breathing or bleeding is reported to the ward nurse at once, then to the family
- In hospital: a fall, a pulled line or a refused medicine is documented and the ward informed
- On the road: chest pain, breathlessness or a saturation below the doctor’s limit means the nearest hospital, not the destination
- On the road: oxygen equipment failure with no reserve means stopping the journey
- Anywhere: a patient who becomes agitated to the point of danger to themselves
- Anywhere: the family is called for decisions the nurse cannot make, and told plainly what is happening
The nurse does not overrule the hospital’s team or make treatment decisions. She observes, assists, reports and escalates.
Honest expectations
What the private duty nurse does, and doesn’t.
Clear scope from day one keeps the placement happy on both sides. Here’s exactly what to expect.
Included in care
- Stay with the patient throughout the shift or journey
- Give medicines the treating doctor has prescribed, on schedule
- Manage oxygen, suction and monitors the patient is already using
- Report to the family after each shift and at handover
- Follow the hospital’s rules for private nurses on the ward
Not included (we arrange specialists instead)
- Give hospital medicines or carry out procedures that are the ward’s responsibility
- Take a patient on a journey without the treating doctor’s fitness-to-travel letter
- Travel with oxygen that has not been cleared by the carrier
- Make or change treatment decisions
Simple to start
How to book care at home.
- Step 1
Tell us what you need
Call +91-7619629005 or send the form, share the condition, daily routine and your locality.
- Step 2
Get matched within hours
We shortlist verified caregivers suited to the condition, language and shift you need.
- Step 3
Care starts at home
The caregiver is briefed and begins, with quick replacement support if the fit isn’t right.
Frequently asked
Private duty nursing, answered.
One nurse,
one patient, wherever they are.
Tell us the hospital and ward, or the journey and the date. We confirm a nurse within 48 hours for the bedside, and handle the paperwork for travel.