A Registered Nurse, or RN, is responsible for working with other healthcare professionals to help treat patients with various injuries, illnesses, or disabilities. Their duties include communicating with doctors and other healthcare staff about patient needs, administering IVs and medications to aid their patients’ health, and using medical equipment to monitor patients’ vital signs
Environment:
Long Term Care facilities is where geriatric patients reside when they need extensive medical and nursing attention. Work will be performed throughout all areas, including in residents’ rooms and public areas. Work will also be performed routinely around other coworkers, healthcare staff, residents, and guests.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
• Perform nursing assessments
• Medication administration via multiple routes
• Wound management and treatment administration
• Develop and update patient care plans
• Coordinating patient care
• Give direct patient care
• Assign duties/ Delegate to support staff, as directed.
• Maintain a safe working environment, complying with infection control and body mechanic procedures.
• Cooperate with and support other department supervisors and employees.