Staff Nurse - Wound Care - Per Diem

Job Summary:

Provides nursing care and services to patients/families. Provides direction to licensed practical nurses (LPNs) and nursing assistive personnel. Delegates nursing care according to legal and regulatory guidelines/statutes and organizational policies. Utilizes reasonable judgment in carrying out prescribed medical orders of a practitioner. Functions as primary nurse/total patient caregiver. Serves as resource nurse. Acts as preceptor and takes charge duties as assigned.

Essential Responsibilities:

Practices professional nursing and delegates nursing tasks to nursing assistive personnel and provides direction to the LPN as appropriate.

Utilizes nursing process to deliver care.

Performs any task requiring nursing knowledge, judgment, and skills.

Administers medications.

Teaches LPNs and nursing assistive personnel special tasks of nursing care.

Verifies staff competency to perform special tasks of nursing care as appropriate.

Is responsible and accountable for quality of nursing rendered and adequacy of nursing care provided when special tasks are delegated to nursing assistive personnel.

Functions as primary nurse/total patient caregiver.

Serves as resource nurse and acts as preceptor.

Takes charge duties as assigned.

Incorporates the Maui Health Vision, Model and Values through out their Nursing Practice.

Performs other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned within the scope of their practice.

May be assigned to another cost center; that may include other work locations on a shift by shift basis to meet patient care requirements.

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