Registered Nurse

The primary role of the Registered Nurse is to supervise staff, monitor patients, implement treatments, develop patient care plans for long-term needs, administer medications, and provide the highest quality of care to all residents/patients.

Requirements

• Provides the highest quality of patient care to facility residents/patients.
• Documents care performed and observations of resident status in the clinical record promptly by utilizing standard clinical documentation guidelines as required by the facility, and local, state and federal rules and regulations.
• Communicates with resident’s physician.
• Completes all nursing documentation: assessments, orders, progress notes, flowsheets, consents, and any assigned tasks and ensures that said documentation accurately reflects services required by the resident and provided to the residents.
• Participates in medication management to promote optimal safety and effectiveness for residents.
• Assists with or institutes emergency measures for sudden adverse developments with residents.
• Ensures compliance with company’s clinical policies and procedures.
• Follows the guidelines established from the Nurse Practice Act, company standards, policies and procedures and sound nursing judgment.