Plan, direct, or coordinate the daily patient care activities in a clinical practice. Ensure adherence to established clinical policies, protocols, regulations, and standards.
<ul><li>Collaborate with other health care professionals and service providers to ensure optimal patient care.</li><li>Develop or assist others in development of care and treatment plans.</li><li>Provide consultation to other health care providers in areas such as patient discharge, patient care, or clinical procedures.</li><li>Read current literature, talk with colleagues, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in nursing.</li><li>Develop and maintain departmental policies, procedures, objectives, or patient care standards, based on evidence-based practice guidelines or expert opinion.</li><li>Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice or organizational systems.</li><li>Develop, implement, or evaluate standards of nursing practice in specialty area such as pediatrics, acute care, and geriatrics.</li><li>Design evaluation programs regarding the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice or organizational systems.</li><li>Plan, evaluate, or modify treatment programs, based on information gathered by observing and interviewing patients or by analyzing patient records.</li><li>Instruct nursing staff in areas such as the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of disability, illness, management, technology, or resources.</li><li>Direct or supervise nursing care staff in the provision of patient therapy.</li><li>Monitor or evaluate medical conditions of patients in collaboration with other health care professionals.</li><li>Design patient education programs that include information required to make informed health care and treatment decisions.</li><li>Provide specialized direct and indirect care to inpatients and outpatients within a designated specialty, such as obstetrics, neurology, oncology, or neonatal care.</li><li>Maintain departmental policies, procedures, objectives, or infection control standards.</li><li>Make clinical recommendations to physicians, other health care providers, insurance companies, patients, or health care organizations.</li><li>Present clients with information required to make informed health care and treatment decisions.</li><li>Perform discharge planning for patients.</li><li>Observe, interview, and assess patients to identify care needs.</li><li>Identify training needs or conduct training sessions for nursing students or medical staff.</li><li>Participate in clinical research projects, such as by reviewing protocols, reviewing patient records, monitoring compliance, and meeting with regulatory authorities.</li><li>Write nursing orders.</li><li>Lead nursing department implementation of, or compliance with, regulatory or accreditation processes.</li><li>Chair nursing departments or committees.</li><li>Develop nursing service philosophies, goals, policies, priorities, or procedures.</li><li>Coordinate or conduct educational programs or in-service training sessions on topics such as clinical procedures.</li><li>Teach patient education programs that include information required to make informed health care and treatment decisions.</li><li>Prepare reports to document patients' care activities.</li></ul>