Charge Nurse

Promotes and restores patients' health by completing the nursing
process; collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team 
members; providing physical and psychological support to patients, 
friends, and families; supervising assigned team members.

Charge Nurse Job Duties:

• Identifies patient care requirements by establishing personal 
  rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a 
  position to understand care requirements.
• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, 
  psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
• Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care 
  goals; teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition,
  medications, and self-care skills; answering questions.
• Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; 
  measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; 
  making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and 
  nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board
  of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency 
  regulations.
• Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations; calling for assistance from health care support personnel.Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
• Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques.
• Maintains nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies; using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; 
  participating in team problem-solving methods.Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.