TCU Registered Nurse - Whittier Health Network

• Supervises and evaluates all direct resident care and initiates corrective action as necessary
• Provides clinical supervision of nursing assistants and Licensed Practical Nurse providing direct resident care
• Prepares nursing assistants' assignments and explains all pertinent resident care
• Supervises response to resident' calls for assistance and responds to call lights as necessary
• Insures that all physician renewal orders and documentation is timely and appropriate
• Obtains report from nurse he/she is relieving and records sufficient information to implement appropriate follow up action as necessary
• Conducts resident rounds, reporting problems to nursing supervisor and initiating corrective action
• Identified resident problems and emergency situations, and initiates immediate "life saving" measures within the scope of nursing practice and in accordance with advance directives
• Administers and documents medications, enteral nutrition, and treatments per the physician's order and accurately records all care provided and observations daily
• Renders immediate assistance to any resident in need
• Provides intravenous therapy according to facility policy and procedures

• Graduate of an accredited RN school of nursing
• Current license in Massachusetts as RN
• Knowledge of geriatric nursing requires
• Current certification in Basic Cardiac Life Support in accordance with American Heart Association or America  Red Cross standards required
• Knowledge of growth and development across the life span

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