Registered Nurse RN

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide professional nursing care to adult patients in a Virginia Department of Corrections setting.
• Assists the physician or other medical provider by observing and recording patients’ behaviors to create custom care plans, assessing patients’ symptoms to diagnose, and carry out proper treatments;
• Preparing and administering prescribed medications, implementing nursing measures for safety, first aid and emergency interventions;
• Supervising other nursing staff as well as assisting with measuring/recording vital signs, performing with various clinical procedures and diagnostic tests, performing venipuncture and IV therapy as needed, accurately recording all patient interactions, setting up and maintaining clean medical equipment and treatment rooms, assisting with patient education in accordance with your scope of authority as governed by the state Board of Nursing.
• Properly documenting all assessments and treatment measures in a timely fashion as outlined by state and facility protocols.
• Maintaining confidentiality of patient records, treatments and communications as outlined in HIPAA regulations.