Registered Nurse
Core
Professional registered nurse acting as a patient advocate applying the nursing process to provide care across the lifespan, including emergency response and care planning.
Role type
Staff Registered Nurse
Builds
Patient care plans and therapeutic interventions
Domain
Healthcare / Nursing
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Nursing process application, emergency assessment and intervention, nursing diagnosis, care plan development, patient and family education, delegation to LPNs/CNAs, infection control, physical patient handling
Preferred skills
Specialty unit experience, Baccalaureate in Nursing
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Recognize and report deviations from patient norms, document nursing interventions and patient responses, implement and evaluate nursing interventions, define nursing diagnosis and expected outcomes, integrate physical assessment with nursing assessment, maintain quality assurance and safety, provide functional guidance to LPNs and CNAs, assume shift charge responsibility, make bed and patient assignments
Seniority
Staff level