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A Registered Nurse - Outline
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Job Description
A. Services Provided by a Registered Nurse
B. Limits of Authority and Responsibility
C. Codes of Ethics
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Certification/Registration/Education
A. Certification
B. Registration
C. Education
III.
Employment
A. Availability of Jobs in the Profession
B. Growing Trend in Nursing
C. Number of Jobs, Experience, Salary, and Advancement Opportunities
IV.
Professional Activities
A. Professional Organizations
B. Professional Journals
C. Continuing Educational Units
V.
Reflection/Personal Career Plan
A. My Description to Fit in the Profession
B. Personal Career Plan
Running head: A REGISTERED NURSE
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A Registered Nurse
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Institution
A REGISTERED NURSE
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A Registered Nurse
Job Description
Services Provided by a Registered Nurse
A Registered Nurse (RN) refers to a healthcare professional who has graduated with a
nursing program and achieved all the requirements provided by a country or any professional
council or body that issues a nursing license (Maloney, 2018). An individual who has qualified
to be a registered nurse can perform several functions within a nursing setting. Some of the roles
of a registered nurse include ensuring that all the patients' records in a healthcare facility are kept
properly for future reference, taking part in recording clinical information for various patients,
administering medication for patients and working in collaboration with other medical
professionals to enhance the delivery of quality healthcare services. As for the case of other
healthcare professionals, a registered nurse can also develop and adopt a patients' healthcare
plan.
Limits of Authority and Responsibility
There are several activities that a registered nurse is authorized to undertake though he or
she is not supposed to go beyond the scope of practice. In this case, the scope of practice
involves the roles that a healthcare professional is supposed to restrict himself or herself in.
Based on the guidelines indicated in the nursing scope of practice, a registered nurse is not
supposed to perform the roles that are beyond his her qualifications (Maloney, 2018). For
example, a registered nurse is not supposed to disclose a patient's clinical information to any
individual. Disclosing the information to another person is considered to be a violation of the
Privacy Rule.
Codes...
