Careers

Registered Nurse - Madison, WI

Certification Requirements

• Graduate of National League for Nursing accredited school of nursing.
• Have a current licensure to practice professional nursing in Wisconsin.
• Maintains a current CPR certification.
• Be a licensed driver with a vehicle that is insured in accordance with state and in good condition.

Job Duties

• Completes an initial assessment of patient and family to determine home care needs.
• Regularly re-evaluates their patient's nursing needs.
• Initiates the plan of care and makes necessary revisions as patient status and needs change.
• Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.
• Develops a care plan, which establishes goals based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing actions. Includes the patient and the family in the planning process.
• Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures. Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician.
• Provides counsel to the patients and their family to meet nursing needs.
• Provides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan of care.
• Identifies discharge planning needs as part of the care plan development and implements prior to discharge of the patient.
• Acts as Case Manager when assigned by Clinical Supervisor and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload.
• Prepares clinical notes and updates the primary physician when necessary and at least every sixty days.
• Participates in on-call duties as defined by the on-call policy.