Registered Nurse; RN

Job Title

Registered Nurse

The Registered Nurse provides and coordinates patient care, educates patients and the public about various health conditions, and provides advice and emotional support to patients and their families.

The Registered Nurse works collaboratively with providers and other health care staff with responsibility for clinical activities involving routine and complex nursing care and patient flow, patient recordkeeping and follow‑up, patient education, and other related activities as required.

The following duties are not intended to serve as a comprehensive list of all duties performed by all associates in this classification. Listed are duties intended to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed and may be required to perform additional, position‑specific duties.

As mentioned in the Title 24
-1900 Board of Nursing, the Registered Nurse shall conduct and document nursing assessments in accordance with the nursing process. The registered nurse shall assess the health status of individuals and groups by:

• Collecting objective and subjective data from observations, examinations, interviews, in person or by electronic communication and written records in an accurate and timely manner. The data include but are not limited to: biophysical and emotional status and observed changes; growth and development; ethno‑cultural, spiritual, socio‑economic and ecological background; family health history; information collected by other health team members; ability to perform activities of daily living;
  
  consideration of client’s health goals; client knowledge and perception about health status and potential, or maintaining health status; available and accessible human and material resources; patterns of coping and interaction.
• Sorting, selecting, reporting, and recording the data; analyzing data; validating, refining and modifying the data by using available resources including interactions with the client, family, significant others, and health team members.
• Establishing and documenting nursing diagnoses that serve as the basis for the strategy of care.
• Developing strategies of care based on the nursing process, including prescribing nursing interventions; initiating nursing interventions through giving, assisting and/or delegating care; identifying priorities in the plan of care; setting realistic and measurable goals for implementation; identifying measures to maintain comfort, to support human functions and responses, to maintain an environment conducive to well‑being, and to provide health teaching and counseling.
• Participating in the implementation of the strategy of care by providing care for clients whose conditions are stabilized or predictable, providing care for clients whose conditions are critical and/or fluctuating under the direction and supervision of a recognized licensed authority, providing an environment conducive to safety and health, documenting nursing interventions and client outcomes, communicating nursing interventions and client outcomes to appropriate health team members.
• Evaluating outcomes, which may include the client, family, significant others and health team members. Evaluation data shall be documented and communicated appropriately. Evaluation data shall be used as a basis for modifying health care strategies including but not limited to reassessing client health status, modifying nursing diagnoses, or prescribing changes in nursing interventions.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• RN from an accredited school of nursing; BSN preferred.
• Minimum of one year of professional nursing experience, clinic or physician’s office preferred.
• Delaware R.N. License.
• CPR/BLS certification required.

Bilingual skills preferred (English/Spanish).

Knowledge of nursing…