Renders professional nursing care to patients within an assigned unit and carries out provider orders.
Documents comprehensive clinical care, including care plans each shift.
Communicates patient information through bedside shift report, multidisciplinary rounds, and hourly rounding (AIDET).
Completes unit-specific competencies and learning modules within the timeframe identified.
Participates in daily unit-based safety huddles and tracks unit-based nurse-sensitive indicators (CAUTI, CLABSI, CDIFF, HAPU, falls, HH, and VAE).
Serves as preceptor for new nurses.
Participates in accreditation survey readiness, peer feedback, and the employee engagement survey.
Completes a dysrhythmia course before orientation ends. This is required for telemetry-based departments.