Nurses, Registered
• Conducts nursing assessments; and obtains, records, and updates individuals' health information and vital signs, using standard instruments and procedures.
• Prepares individuals for and/or assists with examinations and treatments. • Administers medications and nursing procedures to individuals as prescribed. • Prepares, implements, and modifies nursing care plans; provides clinical supervision and/or instruction to direct care staff in completing care tasks; and delegates responsibility for appropriate nursing activities, skills, and/or procedures to direct care staff. • Observes, monitors, and records individuals' symptoms, conditions, and care, including diet and physical activity; and identifies and reports individuals' responses to medication or changes in health status. • Serves as the nursing representative on a treatment team; provides information on nursing needs; and consults and coordinates with treatment teams and other health care disciplines to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate individuals' care. • Makes clinical rounds to assess individuals' nursing care needs and observe and evaluate the provision of nursing services. • Provides health teaching, counseling, and education to individuals, families, and other groups; and develops health improvement programs. • Implements infection control protocols and procedures and provides related consultation and instruction to staff. • Maintains and updates charts, records, and other documentation, consistent with agency, State, and federal requirements; and may collect data and perform related activities to support medical research. • Monitors inventories and ensures that standards for medications, solutions, supplies, and equipment are maintained to meet nursing care needs. • May prepare work schedules; provide information to nurse supervisors; and prepare or contribute to the preparation of required reports and performance evaluations for lower-level staff involved in nursing care activities. May supervise a unit(s) on an assigned shift. | ||||||