Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Bachelor's degree
Experience
7 months to less than 1 year
Work setting
- Nursing home/home for the aged
- Retirement home
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Monitor patients and advise physician of any changes in patients' condition
- Address and document symptoms and changes in patients’ conditions
- Assess patients to identify appropriate nursing interventions
- Collaborate with members of an interdisciplinary health team to plan, implement, co-ordinate and evaluate patient care in consultation with patients and their families
- Dispense and administer medications and treatments as prescribed by a physician
- Manage home care cases
- Operate or monitor medical apparatus or equipment
- Provide nursing care
- Perform administrative tasks
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- CPR Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
- Licensure as a Registered Nurse by provincial or territorial authorities
Additional information
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Attention to detail
- Fast-paced environment
- Physically demanding
- Standing for extended periods
- Work under pressure
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability