Description
Direct nursing staff in the provision of patient care in a clinical practice setting, such as a hospital, hospice, clinic, or home. Ensure adherence to established clinical policies, protocols, regulations, and standards.
- • Coordinate or conduct educational programs or in-service training sessions on topics, such as clinical procedures.
- • Observe, interview, and assess patients to identify care needs.
- • Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice or organizational systems.
- • Provide direct care by performing comprehensive health assessments, developing differential diagnoses, conducting specialized tests, or prescribing medications or treatments.
- • Provide specialized direct and indirect care to inpatients and outpatients within a designated specialty, such as obstetrics, neurology, oncology, or neonatal care.
- • Maintain departmental policies, procedures, objectives, or infection control standards.
- • Collaborate with other health care professionals and service providers to ensure optimal patient care.
- • Develop nursing service philosophies, goals, policies, priorities, or procedures.
- • Develop, implement, or evaluate standards of nursing practice in specialty area, such as pediatrics, acute care, and geriatrics.
- • Develop or assist others in development of care and treatment plans.
- • Make clinical recommendations to physicians, other health care providers, insurance companies, patients, or health care organizations.
- • Plan, evaluate, or modify treatment programs, based on information gathered by observing and interviewing patients or by analyzing patient records.
- • Present clients with information required to make informed health care and treatment decisions.
- • Instruct nursing staff in areas such as the assessment, development, implementation, and evaluation of disability, illness, management, technology, or resources.
- • Direct or supervise nursing care staff in the provision of patient therapy.
- • Identify training needs or conduct training sessions for nursing students or medical staff.
- • Read current literature, talk with colleagues, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in nursing.
- • Monitor or evaluate medical conditions of patients in collaboration with other health care professionals.
- • Participate in clinical research projects, such as by reviewing protocols, reviewing patient records, monitoring compliance, and meeting with regulatory authorities.
- • Perform discharge planning for patients.
- • Prepare reports to document patients' care activities.
- • Write nursing orders.
- • Provide consultation to other health care providers in areas such as patient discharge, patient care, or clinical procedures.
- • Develop and maintain departmental policies, procedures, objectives, or patient care standards, based on evidence-based practice guidelines or expert opinion.
- • Design evaluation programs regarding the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice or organizational systems.
- • Design patient education programs that include information required to make informed health care and treatment decisions.
- • Lead nursing department implementation of, or compliance with, regulatory or accreditation processes.
- • Chair nursing departments or committees.
- • Teach patient education programs that include information required to make informed health care and treatment decisions.
- • Provide coaching and mentoring to other caregivers to help facilitate their professional growth and development.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
