RN (registered nurse)

Work setting

• Home care and visiting care agency
• Hospital or home for the aged
• Hospital/medical facility or clinic
• Nursing home/home for the aged
• Public or community health centre

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Assess patients to identify appropriate nursing interventions
• Assist in surgery and other medical procedures
• Collaborate to plan, implement, co-ordinate and evaluate patient care
• Conduct disease screening
• Deliver health education programs
• Deliver immunization programs
• Dispense and administer medications and treatments as prescribed by a physician
• Engage in research activities related to nursing
• Manage home care cases
• Monitor, assess, address, document and report symptoms and changes in patients' conditions
• Operate or monitor medical apparatus or equipment
• Participate in community needs assessment and program development
• Provide nursing care
• Provide supportive counselling and life skills programming
• Supervise licensed practical nurses and other nursing staff

Supervision

• Staff in various areas of responsibility

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Acute care nursing Certificate
• Intravenous (IV) therapy Certification
• Non-acute care infection control professional (NAC ICP) training
• Tracheostomy care training
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certificate
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certificate
• CPR Certificate
• Certified Nurse in Critical Care - Canada (CNCC-C)
• Eligible for licensure as a Registered Nurse by the province/territory of work
• Eligible for licensure as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse by the province of work
• First Aid Certificate
• Licensure as a Registered Nurse by provincial or territorial authorities
• Licensure as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse by provincial authorities

Experience and specialization

Area of specialization

• Burn unit
• Cardiology
• Cardiovascular surgery
• Delivery or case room
• Emergency room
• Geriatrics
• Infection control
• Intensive care
• Intensive care, nursery
• Mental health
• Nursery
• Oncology
• Palliative care
• Recovery room
• Rehabilitation
• Surgery

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Immunization records
• Medical exam
• Tuberculosis test
• Vulnerable sector check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Fast-paced environment
• Manual dexterity
• Work under pressure

Personal suitability

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

Benefits

Health benefits

• Health care plan

Long term benefits

• Long-term care insurance
• Other benefits