Description
Position Summary
Provides professional nursing care under supervision for assigned patients in assigned areas in the emergency department, medical/surgical, and swingbed units.
Position Accountabilities
Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality improvement programs, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
Oversees the delivery of patient care for a group of patients; directs and delegates patient care assignments to nursing staff working on the floor, based on acuteness of patient care needs and staff availability.
Writes initial nursing histories, assesses patients' conditions and develops individual care plans for patients assigned to the unit.
Provides direct patient care from infancy through geriatrics, evaluates outcomes, consults with other specialists as required and adjusts nursing care processes as indicated to ensure optimal patient care.
Administers and controls...