Registered Nurse - Behavioral Health
Core
Provide nursing care and patient advocacy in a behavioral health setting, managing patient assessments, interventions, and care plans.
Role type
Registered Nurse (Behavioral Health)
Builds
Patient care plans and therapeutic interventions
Domain
Healthcare / Behavioral Health
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Nursing process application, patient assessment, emergency response, care plan development, delegation, infection control, quality improvement
Preferred skills
Specialty unit experience, shift charge responsibility
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Recognize and report deviations from patient norms, identify and assess emergency situations, define nursing diagnosis and expected outcomes, implement and evaluate nursing interventions, maintain quality assurance and safety standards, provide functional guidance to LPNs and CNAs, assume shift charge responsibility.
Seniority
Staff Nurse