Leadership, long term care & rehabilitative care experience, charge nurse duties, responsible for assessment, planning, provision and evaluation of nursing services in the Community Living Center; provides care and counseling of persons or in the promotion and maintenance of health and prevention of illness and injury based upon the nursing process which includes systematic data gathering, assessment, appropriate nursing judgment, and evaluation of human responses to actual or potential health problems

Long term care, rehabilitative care and acute care experience, charge nurse duties, excellent customer service skills interacting with veterans, their families, visitors and other employees, a preceptor in orienting new employee, creating care plans and assessments & coordination of care for a group of patients, administering prescribed medications & intravenous administration, consistent critical thinking and observational skills, accurate documentation in patient record, monitoring signs and symptoms of complications and reporting to the health care team any deviations or change in level of care, proficient use of medication administration system, direct patient care and effective organization of care and treatment, effective communication with interdisciplinary health care team, develops individualized plan care for patients, discharge planning management, performs appropriate treatments, wound care, performs therapeutic interventions as established by individualized care plan, implement emergency response team for patients needing a higher level of care