Under general supervision, following established policies, procedures, and professional guidelines, delivers nursing care to patients. Plans and implements nursing care; documents nursing assessments; identifies and reports situations requiring further intervention; formulates and communicates goal-directed plan of care; assures patient rights. Responsible for performing job duties in accordance with the mission, vision and values of Tampa General Hospital and principles of quality improvement. Essential Functions • Assesses and analyzes the health status of patients in assigned nursing unit in a comprehensive manner. Performs and/or assures completed assessments on all patients admitted within the designated time delineated in policy/unit standards. • Performs on-going assessments and documents according to policy and procedure, reports significant findings of admission and on-going assessments to appropriate member of heath care team. • Initiates discharge planning process with initial admission assessment. • Plans patient care on assigned unit in collaboration with the patient, family, and health care team. • Formulates individualized patient plan of care based on assessment data within the designated time delineated in policy/unit standards. • Updates plan of care based on the patient assessment within appropriate time period. • Directs, implements and coordinates patient care activities on assigned unit to ensure the delivery of quality care. • Communicates the plan of care to other members of the healthcare team through daily worksheet conferences, verbally during the shift and shift report. • Directs care team members in accordance with their scope of practice. • Communicates and documents all patient care given including assessments, plan of care, interventions, patient response, and follow-up. Transcribes and directs the implementation of physician orders. Provides patient education based on assessed needs and evaluates understanding. • Conducts ongoing evaluation of patient outcomes and documents effectiveness of planned and implemented interventions and strategies in relation to the plan of care within time frames per policy/unit standards. Includes patient and family in the evaluation process. • Provides appropriate patient assessment and care specific to the needs of the patient populations served (e.g. age groups, patients of size; diagnosis-based). • Demonstrates knowledge and awareness of the specific physical, psychosocial and developmental needs of patients as appropriate to the populations served. Education • Associate's Degree Nursing License/Registration • Registered Nurse - Issued by Florida or Compact State Certification • Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association or American Red Cross Work Experience and Additional Information Unit specific certifications may be required. May include but not limited to: • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) • Pediatric Advance Life Support (PALS) • STROKE • National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) • STABLE