Nursing Roles

Provider of Care

1. Participates collaboratively in the nursing process by contributing to data collection for assessment, implementation, and evaluation of individualized plans of care.
2. Uses critical thinking, standards of practice, and organizational skills in providing individualized nursing care to clients based on developmental, physiological, sociocultural, religious, and spiritual variations in clients.
3. Performs basic therapeutic nursing interventions using nursing knowledge, skills, and current technologies in a competent and safe manner.
4. Acts as a client advocate showing caring, empathy, and respect for the rights, beliefs, property, and dignity of the individual.
5. Manages assignment of clients and delegates within the scope of practice to trained unlicensed personnel.
6. Practices the principles of effective and therapeutic communication with clients and their families.
7. Communicates pertinent observations related to the client to appropriate members of the health team.
8. Documents observations and care appropriately.

Member of the Discipline of Nursing Practices

1. Within the profession’s ethical and legal framework, being accountable for one’s own nursing practice and professional growth.

Provider of Care

1. Uses the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation) and standards of practice as a basis for clinical decision-making in developing individualized plans of care.
2. Performs complex therapeutic interventions using nursing knowledge, advanced skills, and current technology in a competent and safe manner.

Manager of Care

1. Demonstrates leadership and accountability.
2. Delegates tasks appropriately.
3. Supervises assistive and unlicensed personnel and PNs.
4. Manages client care within a multidisciplinary healthcare system.
5. Collaborates and communicates effectively with clients, families, and health team members.

Member of the Discipline of Nursing

1. Demonstrates an awareness of community and world health issues and their impact on individuals and healthcare.

Provider of Care

1. Provides advanced clinical reasoning and problem-solving skills when working with clients with more complex needs.
2. Manages advanced technology and applies scientific reasoning skills when applying evidence-based research findings in the clinical setting.
3. Ability to read and utilize appropriate research findings in the practice arena.
4. Develops strong humanistic and communication skills when caring for clients who have complex, multiple organ dysfunction, complicated family dynamics, and a need for collaboration with physicians and other departments for referral.

Manager of Care

1. Provides leadership in both structured and non-structured settings.
2. Ability to practice in community sites, such as health maintenance organizations, home health, community clinics, and managed care firms.
3. Applies advanced critical thinking skills to clinical decisions that enhance the quality of care for clients.

Member of the Discipline of Nursing

1. BSN-level nurses are prepared to assume leadership roles in the community, join professional organizations, become advocates at a legislative level, and complete specialty certification in their area of expertise.