· 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