Job Summary:

Works as part of a health care team to assess individual needs, plan and modify care and implement interventions. Provides general direct nursing care to injured, ill, convalescent or disabled individuals/patients. Provides medical treatments, administers medication and injections. May supervise and/or direct the work of support staff.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

Provides basic care and treatments, such as dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas, douches, alcohol rubs, and massages, or performing catheterizations
Answers individuals’ calls and determines how to assist them
Observes individuals, charting and reporting changes in individuals’ conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action
Measures and records individuals’ vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiration
Administers prescribed medications or starts intravenous fluids, and notes times and amounts on individuals? charts