Summary:

Utilizing the nursing process is responsible for providing for the acute and long-term nursing care needs of patients families and generic Program milieu within the context of Program Department and Hospital standards. Provides services to children/adolescents.

Responsibilities:
Provides direct nursing and patient care services through application of nursing process by assessing patients immediate and long-term needs.



Initiates biopsychosocial assessment of patientsacute nursing needs guided by admission procedure; documents such in required patient medical records format.



Assures completion of the nursing assessment form within 8 hours of admission for assigned patient.



Communicates significant changes in assessment findings to the nurse in charge and other appropriate health care providers and summarizes the patients status in team meetings and reports.