Registered Nurses

Registered Nurses typically perform the following tasks: • Record patients' medical information and vital signs. • Administer medications to patients and monitor patients for reactions or side effects. • Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records. • Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions. • Provide health care, first aid, immunizations, or assistance in convalescence or rehabilitation in locations such as schools, hospitals, or industry. • Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans. • Direct or supervise less-skilled nursing or healthcare personnel or supervise a particular unit. • Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity. • Instruct individuals, families, or other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention, or childbirth and develop health improvement programs. • Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions. • Conduct specified laboratory tests. • Observe nurses and visit patients to ensure proper nursing care. • Assess the needs of individuals, families, or communities, including assessment of individuals' home or work environments, to identify potential health or safety problems. • Work with individuals, groups, or families to plan or implement programs designed to improve the overall health of communities. • Prepare patients for and assist with examinations or treatments. • Perform administrative or managerial functions, such as taking responsibility for a unit's staff, budget, planning, or long-range goals. • Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition. • Prescribe or recommend drugs, medical devices, or other forms of treatment, such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures. • Direct or coordinate infection control programs, advising or consulting with specified personnel about necessary precautions. • Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment, or supplies and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained.