Job Summary:
Provides nursing care and services to patients/families. Provides direction to licensed practical nurses (LPNs) and nursing assistive personnel. Delegates nursing care according to legal and regulatory guidelines/statutes and organizational policies. Utilizes reasonable judgment in carrying out prescribed medical orders of a practitioner. Functions as primary nurse/total patient caregiver. Serves as resource nurse. Acts as preceptor and takes charge duties as assigned.
Essential Responsibilities:
• Practices professional nursing and delegates nursing tasks to nursing assistive personnel and provides direction to the LPN as appropriate. • Utilizes nursing process to deliver care. • Performs any task requiring nursing knowledge, judgment, and skills. • Administers medications. • Teaches LPNs and nursing assistive personnel special tasks of nursing care. • Verifies staff competency to perform special tasks of nursing care as appropriate. • Is responsible and accountable for quality of nursing rendered and adequacy of nursing care provided when special tasks are delegated to nursing assistive personnel. • Functions as primary nurse/total patient caregiver. • Serves as resource nurse and acts as preceptor. • Takes charge duties as assigned. • Performs other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned within the scope of their practice. • May be assigned to another cost center; that may include other work locations on a shift by shift basis to meet patient care requirements. • Incorporates the Maui Health Vision, Model and Values throughout their Nursing Practice.