Nurse Practitioner

As a Registered Nurse with Fraser Health, you will provide direct patient care by assessing, planning, providing, and evaluating nursing care to patients within an outpatient IV setting or a residential care setting or home environment.

1. Assess patients within an IV therapy setting, collecting information from various sources using observation, communication, data review, and physical assessment.
2. Determine whether the patient's condition can be improved or resolved by an appropriate nursing intervention.
3. Plan, perform, and evaluate nursing interventions and care.
4. Provide IV therapy care, including inserting and maintaining IV lines, initiating IV infusion devices, administering antibiotics/medications, and caring for and monitoring line status.
5. Collaborate with patients and their families/caregivers in developing the care plan and encourage family participation in the development, implementation, and ongoing modification of the care plan.
6. Establish a therapeutic relationship by demonstrating empathy, trust, and respect, advocating for the patient's rights to privacy, dignity, and access to information.
7. Participate in the care and discharge planning process for patients, ensuring the care plan is established and implemented effectively.
8. Coordinate nursing care for the patient, setting priorities, assigning, and delegating tasks to support staff, and making referrals to the interprofessional care team according to established protocols and practice standards.