Nurse RN/LPN

 Nurse Job Responsibilities:

Promotes and restores patients' health by completing the nursing process; collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members; providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families; supervising assigned team members.

Nurse Job Duties:

• Identifies patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.


• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.


• Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions.


• Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.


• Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.


• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations; calling for assistance from health care support personnel.


• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.


• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.


• Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.


• Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential. title:nurse, registered


• Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques.


• Maintains nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies; using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.


• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.


• Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving methods.


• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Registered Nurse Skills and Qualifications:

Clinical Skills, Bedside Manner, Infection Control, Nursing Skills, Physiological Knowledge, Administering Medication, Medical Teamwork, Multi-tasking, Listening, Verbal Communication, Health Promotion and Maintenance