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Registered Nurse
Job description
- Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
- Monitor, record and report symptoms and changes in patients' conditions.
- Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
- Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.
- Consult and coordinate with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans
- Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition,
- Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
- Direct and supervise less skilled nursing/health care personnel, or supervise a particular unit on one shift.
- Prepare patients for, and assist with, examinations and treatments.
- Visit patients to ensure that proper nursing care is provided.
- Assess the needs of individuals, families and/or communities, including assessment of individuals' home and/or work environments to identify potential health or safety problems.
- Administer local, inhalation, intravenous, and other anesthetics as directed and supervised by MD/APRN.
- Direct and coordinate infection control programs, advising and consulting with specified personnel about necessary precautions,
- Perform administrative and managerial functions, such as taking responsibility for a unit's staff, budget, planning, and long-range goals.
- Provide or arrange for training/instruction of auxiliary personnel or students.
- Consult with institutions or associations regarding issues and concerns relevant to the practice and profession of nursing,
- Work with individuals, groups, and families to plan and implement programs designed to improve the overall health of communities.
- Engage in research activities related to nursing.