li>Assume charge nurse role: coordinate unit activities; take a leadership role in crisis situations; facilitate the admission process; communicate pertinent information regarding unit status and projected needs; manage the therapeutic milieu and use sound clinical judgment and decision-making skills; plan patient care assignments that facilitate continuity of care within the unit guidelines and are based on patient needs, unit activity, and nursing staff qualifications; ensure the unit is kept in an orderly fashion. Collect, record and analyze, within prescribed timeframe, pertinent data for admission assessment according to Hospital policy, including:
- Patient strengths and limitations that can be addressed in reaching health goals;
- Cultural, spiritual, and ethnic factors that may impact on patient's course of treatment;
- Patient needs that are to be addressed at discharge;
- Medical/physical status;
- History of medication compliance, reactions and current schedule; and.