Nurse (Ambulatory Care)

Duties

Provide comprehensive professional nursing services of an advanced nature requiring critical thinking skills.

Assess and manage acute and episodic healthcare concerns, health maintenance and promotion, disease prevention and management, patient education and counseling, patient advocacy, case management, and coordination of care for patients.

Screen and prioritize based on the patient's condition and preferences, the situation, cultural and age-specific considerations, education level and health literacy, and/or anticipated need for urgent and emergent care.

Gather information and/or documentation required for continuation of care referral requests; lab and diagnostic test results; providing healthcare information; and/or care coordination.

Make independent nursing diagnoses by analyzing assessment data to determine patient care needs, i.e., preventive services, health promotion, health maintenance, or health-related problems or issues.

Ensure compliance with professional standards of care and practice.

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