Participates in staff development & education, reviews care plans written by staff & trains & orients new employees May provide professional nursing care to students hospitalized in student health services unit, or to inmates, juvenile offenders, or consumers housed in state-owned/operated facility/institution &/or staff, observes, assesses & records symptoms, reactions & progress of infirmary patients &/or clinic out-patients, makes nursing rounds, takes & re cords vitals, prepares & administers prescribed medications & ordered treatment plans &/or immunizations, monitors restrained (e.g., lock-ups, detention, isolated) patients on timely bas is (i.e., every 15 minutes) & provide s immediate medical attention to emergencies (e.g., administers first aid arranges transportation to hospital emergency roomĬontacts staff physician when necessary counsels patient regarding need for medical referrals) & if assigned, also schedules, assigns & reviews work (i.e., has authority to either approve/disapprove leave requests or to complete performance evaluations, but such is not mandatory to be performed) of lower-level staff (e.g., RNs, LPNs) In corrections medical center, is responsible for all health care of 20-60 bedridden inmates (i.e., makes rounds, evaluates care needed & rendered does care plans & teaches health care principles administers medication including narcotics renders all direct nursing care as needed) & performs specialized procedures (i.e., iv therapy, chemotherapy, wound care, oxygen therapy, dialysis, blood transfusion, incubation & CPR, tube feeding, catheterization, suctioning & phlebotomy duties). Incumbents may perform some or all of these duties or other job-related duties as assigned.) JOB DUTIES IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE: (These duties are illustrative only. A physical examination may be required by some states and some clients. Pushing carts and medical equipment may be a component of the job. Applicant should be able to read medical equipment and documents.
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