The Home Health Registered Nurse is responsible for providing and documenting skilled one-on-one nursing care in accordance with the physician-ordered individualized patient care plan. This care is provided mostly in the patient’s home or a residential setting but can transfer outside the home during appointments and other activities the nurse may accompany the patient to.

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities:**

+ Completes an initial assessment of patient and family to determine home care needs when applicable
+ Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(s)
+ Regularly re-evaluates patient nursing needs
+ Initiates the plan of care when directed and makes necessary revisions as patient status changes
+ Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis
+ Establishes goals based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates therapeutic, preventative, and rehabilitative nursing actions
+ Includes the patien...