About the Role
The Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) will be responsible for providing professional, evidence-based client-centered care for individuals including all aspects of client and family care in accordance with the Regulated Health Professionals Act and College of Nurses Ontario Standards.
The RPN will be holistic, careful, and ethical in interactions with clients, families, and colleagues, and make sound judgments based on experience and knowledge. The RPN will work in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team. They will provide care and be part of a care delivery team with the Registered Nurse (RN), Personal Support Worker (PSW) and any volunteers assigned. The RPN will complete admission assessments and care-planning across the domains of physical and psychosocial care, lead and provide client care, use critical thinking skills to recognize when to use validated assessment tools.
The RPN will liaise with the Physician/Nurse Practitioner and other Health Care Workers to support the client and family. The designated nursing authority is the Registered Nurse (RN) as outlined by the College of Nurses of Ontario Three Factor Framework which will be utilized to match the nursing category with the client needs. The framework involves the consideration of three factors of equal importance: the client, the nurse and the environment, and deliberating on how they apply to the situation. (College of Nurses of Ontario Practice Guideline)