Registered Nurse Responsibilities

Registered Nurse Responsibilities. The registered nurse shall be responsible for at least the following: 1. The provision of nursing intervention; educational services to increase the family’s confidence and competence in caring for the child with special needs; assistance to facilitate coping with the effects of chronic illness on the child and family and support effective relationships among siblings and the ill child; interventions to foster normal development and psychosocial adaptation; 2. Knowledge of the availability and access requirements to community resources; 3. Participation in the interdisciplinary teams (IDT), as necessary and in the interdisciplinary staff meetings regarding the child’s progress. Fostering and maintaining collaborative relationship with the interdisciplinary teams; 4. The administration of medication, intravenous infusions, parenteral feedings and other specialized treatments; monitoring and documenting the effects of medications, therapies and progress in accordance with accepted standards of practice; and 5. Knowledge of the competence and scope of practice of other licensed and unlicensed personnel and delegation of duties to such personnel within that level of competence and scope of practice.