RN (registered nurse)

Work setting

• Hospital or home for the aged
• Hospital/medical facility or clinic
• Nursing home/home for the aged
• Public or community health centre
• Retirement home
• Long term care

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Assess patients to identify appropriate nursing interventions
• Assist in surgery and other medical procedures
• Collaborate with members of an interdisciplinary health team to plan, implement, co-ordinate and evaluate patient care in consultation with patients and their families
• Conduct disease screening
• Deliver health education programs
• Deliver immunization programs
• Dispense and administer medications and treatments as prescribed by a physician
• Manage home care cases
• Address and document symptoms and changes in patients’ conditions
• Operate or monitor medical apparatus or equipment
• Provide nursing care
• Supervise licensed practical nurses and other nursing staff
• Perform administrative tasks

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Acute care nursing Certificate
• Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) neonatal resuscitation program
• CPR Certificate
• First Aid Certificate

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Travel expenses paid by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Fast-paced environment
• Manual dexterity

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Time management

Benefits

Other benefits

• Learning/training paid by employer
• Other benefits
• Variable or compressed work week