Job Description
Registered nurses report directly to the nurse supervisor they work collaboratively with the health care team to provide holistic care to the acute or transitional mental health patient and their families.
Responsibilities
Insures maintenance of the therapeutic environment through proper use of the Teaching-Family model of care and implementation of the treatment plan
Maintains a therapeutic milieu and a safe environment by continual assessment
Engages the patient in therapeutic communications (one-on-one)
Completes the bio-psychosocial physical assessment, develops an age specific and developmentally appropriate plan of care at admission
Assesses patient/family education and discharge needs, with the interdisciplinary team
Develops and leads interdisciplinary care conferences in collaboration with the health care team
Communicates plan of care to other members of the health care team
Documents assessments, interventions and resp...