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Restores and promotes patient’s health by completing the nursing process.
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Collaborates with physicians and multidisciplinary team members.
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Provides physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families.
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Identifies patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with patients and their families.
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Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
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Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and hospital or regulatory standards.
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Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
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Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
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Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols; medication administration and storage procedures; and controlled substance regulations.
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Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
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Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
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Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
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Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; calling for repairs; and evaluating new equipment and techniques.
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Maintains nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level.
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Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops and participating in professional societies.
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Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information and participating in team problem-solving methods.
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Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.