The Registered Nurse under the direct supervision of the Program Director is responsible for the provision of LOVE JOY ADHC nursing services to persons receiving medical care, including assessment, care plan development and monitoring of each participant. This position will participate in interdisciplinary team meetings and provide consultation to therapists, families, and participants.

· Responsible for completing quarterly progress reports as well as six months reassessments.

· Handle all earlier reassessments needed prior to the six-month mark due to a change in the participant’s status, a participant’s lengthy absence, following hospitalization, etc.

· Assess each participant to determine needs for personal care and assistance in activities of daily living such as bathing, grooming, toileting and eating. Include these needs in the plan of care and supervise the provision of these services.

· Specify short-term nursing goals in each individualized plan of care.

· Provide active role as member of the multidisciplinary team to assess the nursing needs of the participant.

· Develop the nursing component in the plan of care for each participant capable of benefiting from a continence-training program.

· Document all skilled nursing care provided on the day the service is given and includes quarterly signed and dated progress notes in each participant record.

· Provide health education and counseling to the participant and family when indicated by the plan of care.

· Aid the participant in obtaining medical services from providers other than adult day health staff.

· Monitor, administer and record prescribed medication as follows:

o Medication shall be given only on the physician’s order. Participants shall be identified prior to the administration of a drug. Medication shall be administered within one hour of the prescribed time. Time and doses of each drug administered must be recorded in the participant’s record by the nurse who gave the drug. Provide training in self-administration of medications to participants.

· Provide liaison to the participant's personal physician.

· Provide supportive and restorative nursing as indicated by the treatment plan.

· Provide observation and monitoring of health status.

· The nurse will contact 911 and request an ambulance or paramedic unit depending on the condition of the participant.

Other duties and projects as assigned.