Registered Nurse (RN)

 Provide nursing care within adult institutions by utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning,
implementing, and evaluating institutional patients per the standards of practice
 Standard of care is achieved through a multitude of services to include 24-hour nursing care,
telemedicine, chronic care clinics, sick call screenings/triage, medication administration, patient
education, and basic life supporting/emergency care.
 Document all pertinent information into the health record while practicing confidentiality and interfacing
with other departments on an as-needed basis.
 Registered Nurses possess the ability to delegate tasks/workload and work hours, days, and locations
as assigned.
 Registered Nurses are capable and available to provide coverage as needed to meet institutional
needs.
 To provide evidence-based nursing care and promote continued competence through
education/certification with a focus on correctional nursing.
 Assignments to other duties or locations may be necessary to meet the clinical and administrative
needs of the Department.
 This is a wage position limited to working no more than 1,500 hours per agency during the 12 month
period of May 1 – April 30, regardless of the hire date. The wage employment period resets on May 1 of
the following year. All wage employees are limited to working no more than 29 hours per week on
average over the 12-month period. This wage position offers no state benefits.