Nurse

Summary

The Nurse is responsible for carrying out medical and nursing assessments, physician's orders, administration of medications and providing assistance where needed.

Responsibilities

• Actively participates in treatment planning of clients.
• Administers medications in a safe manner and document administration (equal or less than 2 medication errors this appraisal period).
• Consistently maintains client confidentiality and agency security policies.
• Ensures that documentation in client?s files, nursing log and other sources are accurate and completed in agency prescribed guidelines.
• Adheres to established guidelines for assessing, documenting and observing clients for seclusion/restraint or other special precautions.
• Transcribes and carries out physicians orders accurately.
• Recognize, reports, document and seeks appropriate intervention for signs and symptoms of complications or change in status.
• Effectively and appropriately set limits that are appropriate to the situation.

Requirements

• Associate Degree required
• Licensed Registered Nurse
• 1-3 years experience
• Strong organizational skills
• Excellent verbal, written and computer skills (word processing, data entry and Outlook)