Registered Nurse
Core
Provide direct patient care, assess needs, implement nursing interventions, and manage care plans in a hospital setting.
Role type
Staff Registered Nurse
Builds
Patient care plans and therapeutic interventions
Domain
Healthcare / Nursing
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Patient assessment, nursing diagnosis, care plan development, emergency response, delegation, documentation, infection control, quality improvement
Preferred skills
Specialty unit experience, Baccalaureate in Nursing
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Recognize and report deviations from patient norms, report patient responses to treatment, provide basic comfort and support, foster patient and family participation, set priorities for patient assignments, identify and assess emergency situations, initiate appropriate interventions, plan for potential emergency needs, define nursing diagnosis and expected outcomes, modify nursing plan of care, implement and evaluate nursing interventions, maintain knowledge of professional nursing practice, attend training, utilize established protocols, participate in quality improvement processes, integrate physical assessment with nursing assessment, maintain safety and infection control, provide functional guidance to LPNs and CNAs, assume shift charge responsibility, make bed and patient assignments.
Seniority
Staff level