There are 2,061 Staff Nurse opportunities available in Portland, OR all with unique requirements.
The role of a Staff Nurse is to provide nursing care to patients in a hospital or health center who are usually admitted as emergency cases. He or she provides the initial and ongoing nursing assessment and monitoring to ensure needs are met by implementing the nursing care plans from doctors, consultants and other healthcare professionals. They are typically responsible for assessing the patient's medical condition, communicating to their doctors or consultant about the severity of the medical problem, evaluating the progress towards recovery or identifying any complications that may occur during their treatment. A staff nurse may be involved in treatments like injections, administering medication, relating information about changes in a patient's body condition and