STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: REGISTERED NURSE II
Class Code: 7597-21
Date Established: 07-10-81
Occupational Code: 7-4-9
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To perform general or specialized
nursing duties in the care and treatment of patients in a state institution by
applying professional nursing standards and making recommendations on health
care work methods and treatment.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Observes, records and
reports signs and symptoms of patients' physical, emotional and mental
conditions.
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Applies nursing
process techniques in the care and treatment of patients with physical and/or
emotional needs.
·
Monitors the outcome
or effectiveness of the treatment regimen.
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Participates with
physicians in making the rounds of wards, evaluating and assessing patients'
conditions and ward milieu and communicating information to the
interdepartmental team.
·
Prepares and
implements treatment plans, delegating appropriate aspects of care to auxiliary
nursing personnel.
·
Inspects practices in
the health care of patients such as daily living activities, personal hygiene,
exercise and recreation.
·
Admits, transfers and
discharges patients as directed by a physician.
·
Supervises the
nursing care of RN subordinates and participates in the orientation of new
staff.
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Performs specialized
nursing techniques as encountered in the practice of professional duties
including psycho-therapeutic and medical/surgical practices.
·
Participates in
patient/resident/family/guardian education to facilitate positive patient
outcomes.
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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 achieving
direct service objectives by assessing agency service needs and making
preliminary recommendations for the development of alternative short-term
program policies or procedures.
Errors at this level result in incomplete assessments or misleading
recommendations causing a disruption of agency programs or policies.
Supervision: Requires direct supervision of other
employees doing related or similar work, including scheduling work,
recommending leave, reviewing work for accuracy, performance appraisal, or
interviewing applicants for position vacancies.
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 work, including
continuous strenuous activities such as frequent reaching, bending, or lifting
as well as performing work activities which require fine manual dexterity or
coordination in operating machines or equipment.
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 objective assessment in
analyzing and developing new work methods and procedures subject to periodic
review and in making decisions according to established technical, professional
or administrative standards.
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: One year's experience as a registered
nurse in a setting equivalent to the position assigned.
License/Certification: Current license as a Registered Nurse
in New Hampshire.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Considerable knowledge of the theories
of professional and/or psychiatric 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 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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