Vermont Healthcare Center

and certified nursing assistants (CNA).

The job description indicated nursing care functions included consulting with the resident's physician in providing the resident's care, treatment, rehabilitation, as necessary, review the resident's chart for specific treatments, medication orders, diets, as necessary, implement and maintain established nursing objectives and standards, make periodic checks to ensure that prescribed treatments are being properly administered by certified nursing assistants and to evaluate the resident's physical and emotional status, ensure that direct nursing care be provided by a licensed nurse and/or a certified nursing assistant, ensure that personnel providing direct care to residents are providing such care in accordance with the residents' care plan and wishes, review care plans daily to ensure that appropriate care is being rendered, inform the nurse supervisor of any changes that need to be made on the care plan, ensure that your nurses' notes reflect that the care plan is being followed when administering nursing care or treatment. review resident care plans for appropriate resident goals, problems, approaches, and revisions based on nursing needs, ensure that your assigned LVNs and CNAs are aware of the resident care plans.A review of the facility's undated job description titled, Director of Nursing Service/Vice President of Nursing Service, indicated the purpose of this position is to provide nursing management, set resident care standards for all direct care providers and provide complete supervision and management for the nursing department. assess resident needs and interview, set resident care standards in accordance with accepted current standards of care to provide high quality care to residents, develop and implement policies and procedures for nursing care of residents, supervise and manage all aspects of the nursing department, assess, direct and supervise residents' care needs.direct, evaluate and supervise all resident care and initiate corrective action as necessary.assess resident care needs and assist in the development of individualized plans of resident care. assess resident pre-admission and/or admission information and determine appropriate level of care.assess resident responses to medication and treatments and make appropriate recommendations for nursing action to be implemented.consistently make accurate level of care determinations, based on the physician's recommendations and the resident's plan of care.

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