· 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
