The Registered Nurse coordinates and delivers high-quality, patient-centered care in accordance with the department’s specific requirements and the scope and standards of practice for the relevant state and specialty. Working with medical providers and other care team members, the RN provides individualized, comprehensive, and compassionate care using established nursing models such as “Assess, Perform, Teach, and Manage.” The RN advocates for patients and their families or caregivers and models the organization’s vision, mission, and values to support patient experience, clinical outcomes, and departmental performance. The RN assesses and reassesses patient pain to support effective pain management, performs procedures and monitoring ordered by medical providers, and documents care promptly and thoroughly in the medical record. The role includes responding promptly to patient requests, anticipating needs, and educating patients and families or caregivers about medical conditions, status, treatment plans, medications and possible side effects, follow-up measures, and lifestyle changes. The RN explains complex medical terminology in understandable terms and prepares patients and families or caregivers for future self-management.
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Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree