STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: REGISTERED NURSE I
Class Code: 7596-19
Date Established: 07-10-81
Occupational Code: 7-4-9
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To perform general nursing duties in
the care and treatment of patients in a state institution and to compile and
report information and observations concerning patients with individualized
treatment programs.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Observes, records and
reports signs and symptoms of patients' physical and mental condition.
·
Applies nursing
process techniques required in the care and treatment of patients with physical
and/or emotional needs.
·
Interacts
cooperatively with other health care providers in meeting the health needs of
patients and communicates information to intradepartment team.
·
Participates in
preparing treatment plans and providing therapeutic activity.
·
Supervises and
inspects practices such as daily living activities, personal hygiene, exercise
and recreation in the health care of patients.
·
Admits, transfers and
discharges patients in accordance with policy and procedure.
·
Performs specialized
nursing techniques such as encountered in the practice of professional duties
including psycho-therapeutic and medical/surgical practices.
·
Provides auxiliary
nursing personnel with in-service training in the care of patients and
participates in the orientation of new staff.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in applying instructions
to accomplish different job functions OR in operating machines for a variety of
different purposes.
Knowledge: Requires logical or scientific
understanding to analyze problems of a specialized or professional nature in a
particular field.
Impact: Requires responsibility for
contributing to immediate, ongoing agency objectives by facilitating the direct
provision of services to the public or other state agencies. Errors at this level result in
inaccurate reports or invalid test results and require significant investment
of time and resources to detect.
Supervision: Requires partial supervision of other
employees doing work which is related or similar to the supervisor, including
assigning job duties, providing training, giving instructions and checking
work.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in an environment which includes exposure to continuous physical
elements or a number of disagreeable working conditions with frequent exposure
to minor injuries or health hazards.
Physical Demands: Requires medium to heavy work,
including continuous physical exertion such as frequent bending, lifting, or
climbing.
Communication: Requires summarizing data, preparing
reports and making recommendations based on findings which contribute to
solving problems and achieving work objectives. This level also requires presenting information for use by
administrative-level managers in making decisions.
Complexity: Requires coordinating a combination of
diverse job functions in order to integrate professional and technical agency
goals. This level also requires
considerable judgment to implement a sequence of operations or actions.
Independent Action: Requires a range of choice in applying
a number of technical or administrative policies under general direction and in
making routine decisions or in recommending modifications in work procedures
for approval by supervisor.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Graduation from a recognized nursing
program with either affiliate or postgraduate courses and clinical experience
in medical, surgical, obstetrics, pediatrics and psychiatric nursing.
Experience: Experience is limited to that required
for registration.
License/Certification: Current license as a Registered Nurse
in New Hampshire.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Considerable knowledge of the theory of
professional nursing. Ability to
recognize health problems. Ability
to prepare factual reports.
Ability to instruct and supervise subordinate employees. Ability to administer detailed
therapeutic prescriptions. Ability
to follow directions in exact detail.
Ability to deal effectively with the personnel engaged in treatment and
training programs. Ability to
exercise tact in working with residents, relatives and friends, and staff
members of other disciplines and agencies. Must be willing to maintain appearance appropriate to
assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by the agency appointing
authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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