Registered Nurse

State of Oklahoma•Lexington, OK

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities for providing direct or indirect professional nursing services in a variety of settings. This includes providing nursing assessments, planning, interventions, evaluations, health related education, case management, and execution of the medical regime including administering medications and treatments prescribed by any person authorized to prescribe by state law.

Requirements

Possession of a valid Oklahoma license as a registered nurse as approved by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing; or Registered Nurse License recognized by the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
One year of professional nursing experience (for Level II).
Two years of professional nursing experience in a field of nursing appropriate to the health care setting (for Level III).
Knowledge of the principles and practices of professional nursing, of health promotion, and of disease prevention.
Ability to perform assessments and nursing functions as acquired in the basic nursing preparation program.

Responsibilities

Assesses health status of individual, families, and communities, develops plans and implements appropriate nursing interventions.
Evaluates and determines health resource necessary to meet individual, family and community health needs.
Delivers professional nursing care in an assigned unit, clinic, home, or other setting.
Educates individuals, families, communities, and members of health care team about the principles of disease prevention and health promotion.
Provides supervision to other professional or paraprofessional personnel; collaborates with other professionals in the management of health care.
Delegates tasks as may safely be performed by others, consistent with educational preparation and that do not conflict with the provisions of the Oklahoma nursing act.
Assures quality health care through use of various measures such as record review, direct observation, and assessment of individual, family, and community for the desired outcome.
Performs specialized nursing functions as educationally prepared.
Monitoring and assessing the health status of individuals, planning the nursing care of the individual, putting interventions in place, and evaluating the outcome.
Providing health education.
Providing direction or guidance to non-licensed personnel.
Monitoring and assessing the health status of individuals, families, and population as well as defining a plan of care and providing nurse case management and health education when necessary.
Providing direction, guidance, or training to other personnel, in providing care and treatment to patients or clients.
Developing and presenting educational programs relevant to nursing practices and standards or care and follow-up with evaluation of learning.
Completing special assignments such as quality improvement, mentoring, and surveillance of potential patient care incidents of quality indicators for individuals who may be at risk for rapid status change.
Scheduling work assignments, evaluating health care and performance of assigned staff, providing training, and otherwise insuring quality.
Approving leave and initiating disciplinary actions.
Coordinating health services or providing nursing care in an assigned county or geographic area or as the only nurse in that location.
Acting for nurse managers in their absence.