• Creates & implements patient care plans and performs advanced nursing duties within boundaries of licensure.
• Monitors progress of patients and intervenes in the course of chronic illness.
• Performs routine physical examinations of patients to determine control or status of chronic conditions & diagnose new conditions.
• Evaluates acute & chronically ill patients & prescribes medications or administers treatment of acute & chronically ill patients.
• Completes discharge planning/follow-up care for clients/patients/youth/inmates with chronic care and/or medical issues.
• Performs minor surgery as training & competency allows.
• Evaluates necessity for referral consultations inside or outside the institutional, facility or correctional setting.
• Orders & reviews results of laboratory, x-ray & other diagnostic testing.
• Inoculates or vaccinates patients against communicable diseases.
• Maintains required medical records
• Documents medical information gathered during patient interviews according to agency guidelines, policies, protocols & agency-professionally accredited standards.
• Documents assessments & diagnostic impressions including treatment plans & follow up parameters.
• Cooperates monthly with institutional Chief Medical Officer (CMO) or agency equivalent for medical quality oversight.
• Serves as resource for patients & families utilizing areas of clinical expertise & provides advice regarding
• Health maintenance & promotion & identifies health risk factors.
• Attends in-services &/or other continuing education offerings relative to growth & development as nurse practitioner.
• Knowledge of skilled registered nursing procedures; advanced nurse practices; HIPAA regulations; state & federal regulations, policies & procedures related to nursing; human relations; employee training & development; health care services & program management; counseling; interviewing. Skill in use of equipment (e.g., surgical equipment, ophthalmoscope, stethoscope, BP cuff, EKG machine, otoscope, reflex hammer); operation of personal computer. Ability to handle sensitive telephone & face-to-face inquiries & contacts with general public; possess strong clinical base in order to make judgments & decisions regarding patient care & treatment; deal with some abstract but mostly concrete variables; define problems, collect data, establish facts & draw valid conclusions; gather, collate & classify information.
• Supervising licensed practical and vocational nurses, nursing assistants, and nursing students

Pay quotes are an estimate of gross weekly pay, including non-taxable reimbursements, based on available information and subject to confirmation.

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