• Continuous evaluation and monitoring of patients for signs of recovery or worsening of their condition
• Changing dressings, starting IV lines and inserting catheters
• Preparing medical equipment and maintaining supplies to be ready for immediate use
• Administering medication as directed by a physician or within the nurses’ own schedule of drugs
• Accurately reporting on patients’ progress to the other members of the care team, as well as to families and medical decision-makers
• Assisting doctors with monitoring and with bedside procedures performed in the progressive care unit
* Executes nursing interventions by collaborating with the interprofessional team incorporating appropriate standards of care and practice and patient outcomes
• Assesses and systemically collects any data related to patient health status and works in collaboration with the care team to develop the plan of care
• Evaluates patient’s response to plan of care and works in collaboration with the interprofessional team to make any needed adjustments
• Utilizes data to continuously meet care coordination needs across settings in conjunction with the patient, family and/or other care providers
• Assumes responsibility and accountability for effectively managing nursing care of individual patients