Reports directly to the Head Nurse

Provides client-centered care

Assesses patients' physical, psychosocial, and emotional needs to plan, deliver, and evaluate nursing care through interviews, observations, and physical evaluations

Identifies patterns of human responses to actual or potential health problems that require nursing intervention

Collaborates with other healthcare professionals to create a care plan based on clinical information and patient observation

Executes nursing care plans based on comprehensive assessments and evidence-based interventions, while evaluating outcomes

Performs preventative, restorative, palliative, and health-promoting activities

Assists patients with daily activities such as moving, bathing, dressing, eating, drinking, and grooming

Updates doctors on patients' status/needs and ensures orders are effectively carried out

Administers oral, enteral, and injectable medications (excluding IV injections) as scheduled and ordered, while monitoring for side effects

Serves as a resource for medication knowledge, side effects, and dosages

Provides health education to patients and their families

Maintains medical records and appointments

Performs wound care, tracheostomy care, colostomy care, and post-surgical care

Carries out other assigned duties as needed