Job Description
Summary of Duties
- Reporting to the Director of Nursing, the Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care to residents; directs and supervises nursing care given by Registered Practical Nurse and Personal Support Worker within an assigned unit.
- Plan, direct and coordinate all activities necessary for the management of the unit.
- Work closely with the Director of Nursing, attending physician, nurse managers, recreation, dietary and other ancillary personnel.
- Provide nursing care in accordance with administrative policies, physicians' orders, established standards and recognized nursing principles.
- Assess residents' conditions through recognizing and interpreting symptoms and signs and institute remedial health measures where appropriate.
- Assume responsibility for the nursing care of acutely ill residents; assist the physician in diagnostic and therapeutic measures.
- Responsible for prescribed medicatio...