Registered Nurse

DUTIES

To provide nursing care in accordance with the client's plan of care to include comprehensive health and psychosocial evaluation, monitoring of the client’s condition, health promotion and prevention coordination of services, teaching and training activities and direct nursing care.

RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Coordinates total client care by conducting comprehensive health and psychosocial evaluation, monitoring the client's condition, promoting sound preventive practices, coordinating services and teaching and training activities.

2. Evaluates the effectiveness of nursing service to the client and family on an ongoing basis.

3. Performs admission, transfer, re-certification, resumption of care and discharge paperwork for the home care client.

4. Prepares and presents client's record to the Clinical Record Review Committee as indicated .

5. Consults with the attending physician concerning alterations of Client Care Plans, checks with the appropriate supervisor and makes changes, as appropriate.

6. Coordinates client services.

7. Submits clinical notes no less often than weekly, and progress notes and other clinical record forms outlining the services rendered as indicated.

8. Submits a tally of client care visits made each day.

9. Participates in case conferences, discusses with the supervisor problems concerning the clients and how they may best be handled.

10.Discusses with the appropriate supervisor the need for the involvement of other members of the health team