Rn - Er - (Baraboo, WI)

Role Purpose: The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional who provides leadership and direction to the patient care team. The RN performs patient age- specific physical, psychological, and social assessments, formulates a nursing diagnosis, and then develops a plan of care which includes individualized treatment strategies. The RN manages, organizes, and provides direct patient care incorporating clinical decision making and prioritization of activities. Education of patient, families and other health care teammates is provided by the RN, incorporating health maintenance, disease process and discharge planning. Responsibilities: Actively develops and implements the plan of care through understanding the patients goals, making recommendations, observing protocols and changing the plan when unexpected changes in the patients condition or plan occur.