Job ID #31982: Registered Nurse

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...