Registered Nurse - Community - Days

Maintains relationships with the local and regional community, including churches and other service organizations, to promote continued support and capacity building. May assist in organizing and performing community flu shot clinics based on needs of the population. Identifies, strengthens and links with the community's tangible resources, including schools, businesses, local service groups, and intangible resources such as community spirit. Recruits, trains and retains community volunteers. Demonstrate critical thinking skills to analyze data and appropriately respond to changing or difficult situations.

The nursing process is utilized to assess, diagnose, establish a patient centered plan with defined outcome criteria; this plan includes interventions and means of evaluating the human responses to actual or potential health problems. Assumes the responsibility for the outcome of nursing care during a specified work period when they are present in the community setting. This practice includes dependent, interdependent and independent functions.

Practices within the full scope of nursing expertise with knowledge of and utilizing appropriate age related nursing standards. Functions within the scope and standards of nursing practice as outlined in the Nurse Practice Act and Administrative Rules in state of practice and licensure. The Sanford Professional Nursing Practice recognizes the Scope and Standards of Practice and the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements as published by the American Nurses Association as the foundation of nursing care delivery and professional conduct.