Description
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Job Summary:
The Registered Nurse I assesses, plans, implements and evaluates nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with hospital standards and unit policies/procedures for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating patient functional status.
Job Responsibilities:
-Utilizes the nursing process to care for patients.
-Asses, organizes, and completes patient care with consideration for patient age, cultural and psychosocial factors.
-Documents steps of the nursing process.
-Utilizes proper medical terminology. Addresses problems and progress toward goals.
-Facilitates patient discharge through timely, appropriate referrals and utilization of patient education resources, suitable to patient age and cultural/psychosocial factors.
-Collaborates with other disciplines as appropriate.
-Supports unit/hospital goals through PI and educational activities as evidenced by attending in-services, meeting unit education standards...