Registered Nurse

Bronx Gardens Rehab and Nursing Center -

Position

Reports To:

Nurse Manager / Charge Nurse / RN Supervisor

Position Description :
Provide direct nursing care to residents and supervise the day-to-day activities of the Certified Nursing Assistants.

Duties and Responsibilities :

• Receive and give inter-shift report, both verbally and in writing by completing the 24-hour report
• Assist in assigning duties to nurses aides based on resident, unit needs and staff’s abilities
• Make rounds at the beginning and end of the shift on the entire unit to observe residents and identify any immediate needs
• Take and record vital signs (temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressure); report abnormalities to physician and Nurse manager or designee
• Assist in the development, updating, evaluating and modifying of the comprehensive care plan for the residents on a timely basis according to schedule or change in condition
• Complete medication administration according to medical provider’s orders and within the guidelines established by the Pharmacy Committee and the standards of nursing practice
• Perform treatments as ordered by the medical provider within acceptable guidelines and standards of nursing practice and according to the nursing policies and procedures
• Obtain specimens for lab tests as ordered
• Inform nursing personnel of new admissions, their expected time of arrival, room assignment, etc.
• Ensure that rooms are ready for new admissions
• Greet newly admitted residents upon admission, escort them to their rooms as necessary
• Participate in the orientation of new residents / family members to the facility
• Make rounds with medical provider
• Inform nursing personnel in verbal report of changes in condition of resident
• Monitor seriously ill residents and ensure prompt communication with the physician and family when a change of condition occurs
• Assist in making skin care rounds weekly and complete the documentation on the flow sheets and CCP
• Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the unit
• May attend interim and regularly scheduled care plan meetings
• Carry out resident teaching as part of the plan of care
• Begin pre-discharge education program for the resident / family according to discharge plan
• Carry out restorative and rehabilitative nursing program to promote independent functioning of residents
• Makes determination of death as assigned