Registered Nurse

Job Summary: Provides professional nursing services or supervises the provision of nursing services to hospice patients in accordance with accepted standards of practice and organizational guidelines. May perform nursing services in a variety of care settings and/or roles, including but not limited to case management, admissions or on-call.

Essential Functions:

• Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).

• Completes a comprehensive initial and ongoing assessment of:

• Patient and family/caregiver to determine hospice needs.

• The impact of the terminal diagnosis on the patient’s physical, functional, psychosocial and environmental needs, and activities of daily living, including: the risk for pathological grief, cultural and spiritual implications, and verbal and non-verbal communication patterns.

• Assists in developing, implementing, evalua...