Provides and accurately documents nursing process components and relevant interventions for direct and indirect patient care services that ensures the safety, comfort, personal hygiene, and protection of patients in a timely manner. • Provides experienced care and patient education on disease prevention and restorative measures. • Provides comprehensive care services to patients, including, but not limited to, the administration of medications and therapeutic agents vital to implement treatment, disease prevention, or rehabilitative plan of care. • Performs skin tests, immunizations, phlebotomy and the initiation of peripheral venous access. • Observes, evaluates and expeditiously alters care plan based on signs and symptoms of illness, reactions to medications/treatments, general behavior, and/or general condition. • Demonstrates assessment skills, integrating appropriate data sources to assess the signs, symptoms, reactions, behaviors, or general appearance to determine normal versus abnormal characteristics. • Plans and implements individualized patient care in collaboration with interdisciplinary teams based on observations. Implements appropriate reporting, referrals and care in accordance with standardized procedures. Initiates emergency procedures when indicated. • Provides care to special patient populations and patients with diverse cultural backgrounds. Identifies patient’s readiness for learning and ability to follow our processes and give consent. • Makes special adjustments to patient care to the specific populations needs, including cultural, spiritual, age, psychosocial, communication, gender, sexual orientation, economic, education, family and condition needs. • Identifies and assesses patient safety concerns with respect to age and developmental considerations. Intervenes to provide a safe environment and evaluates efficiency of intervention for patient. • Supports the department meetings and initiatives passionate about improving nursing outcomes and the work environment. • Provides assistance to co-workers, new staff, temporary staff and students. • When assigned charge nurse responsibility, coordinates unit activity throughout the shift, including the authorization of Incidental overtime, initiates chain of command as appropriate. • Participates in at least 50% of unit meetings and provides constructive input to assist in unit direction. • Functions as a change champion and agent and participates in departmental quality improvement activities. • Participates in the completion of required skills and proficiencies