Registered Nurse, RN - Spinecare

Job description

Overview Coordinates total nursing care for patients; participates in patient and family teaching; and provides leadership by working cooperatively with other team members and disciplines in maintaining standards for professional nursing practice in the clinical setting. Supervises LPNs, NAs, USs and Techs. Responsibilities: - Assesses condition on each assigned patient on an ongoing basis to include but not limited to the normal systems review, behavioral, psychological, developmental, and age-related factors. Specific ages: adolescent, adult, and geriatric. - Plans, directs, supervises and evaluates nursing care provided to patients according to problems identified. Acts in charge nurse capacity as assigned. - Collaborates and coordinates with physicians and other disciplines regarding individualized patient treatment/care plans by participating in team conferences, care planning/problem identification. - Administers medication, IV therapy and performs treatments to all assigned patients according to policy and procedure. - Plans and provides patient and/or significant other education based on physical, behavioral, psychological, developmental, and age-related factors, after iden...