Registered Nurses Perform a Variety of Activities at Interim
Medication Administration and Management:
- Assist patients with medications
- Coordinate medications prescribed by Psychiatrist
- Administers IM medications
- Review medications and communicate with prescribing physicians to ensure medications are up to date and accurate
- Review medication logs to ensure accuracy
- Assist Psychiatrist with patient care
- Facilitate linkages with doctors and pharmacies
Client Wellness and Care Coordination:
- Conduct and utilize client need assessments for the development and tracking of client centered treatment planning
- Assist clients in attaining community stability and reaching their health, recovery and rehabilitation goals
- Assist clients with their physical and mental health recovery process by developing the skills necessary to lead independent lives in the community
- Provide psychiatric and other education and advocacy to patients, patients’ families and others
- Obtain and coordinate resources for a variety of health-related issues as they arise
- Counsel clients individually to set, track and achieve rehabilitation and recovery goals
- Establish and maintain linkages with medical providers
- Maintain treatment plans and other client information
- Identify, assess and respond to crisis situations
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary staff team members, i.e. Psychiatrist, Nurses, Family Partner, Peer and other staff to provide patient care
