The Registered Nurse assesses patient needs, develops and implements individualized plans of care in collaboration with the patient, family, physician, and interdisciplinary healthcare team, provides direct patient care, evaluates outcomes, and coordinates care throughout the patient's episode of care. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development of the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his or her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed by pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patient group.