• Provides nursing care to patients and families along the health illness continuum • Performs initial, ongoing and functional health status assessment as applicable to the population and/or individual • Utilizes assessment data to identify pertinent nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems • Collaborates assessment findings with providers and members of healthcare team as appropriate • Initiates and/or coordinates care plans and individualizes critical paths/medical management plans • Evaluates and documents response to nursing interventions and achievement of outcomes • Delegates tasks in accordance with specific criteria and state statutes