I have supervised performance of this task or am normally the person who is consulted by other workers to assist them in doing this task because of my expertise. Provides comprehensive nursing care to patients based on physicians medical care plan and the physical, mental, and emotional needs of the patient. Administer oxygen, IV fluid, blood transfusion, and prescribed oral, subcutaneous, and intramuscular medication. Manage nasal-pharyngeal and gastric suction as well as a variety of other drainage tubes. Make nursing care assignments to various skill levels of professional and nonprofessional personnel.
Ensure staff makes legible, accurate, and complete nursing entries in the patients chart.
Ensure appropriate patient education occurs during the shifts and that the appropriate responses to patient emergencies are made. Verify and annotate all physicians orders written during the shift. Advise attending physicians of significant change in a patients condition in a timely manner. This may be accomplished by using a Federal application form OF 612, the SF 171, or a resume. All qualified applicants will receive appropriate consideration without regard to non-merit factors such as race, color, religion, sex, national origin, marital status except where specifically authorized by law, age, politics, disability, or sexual orientation which do not relate to successful performance of the duties of this position.