charge nurses
Shift nursing supervisors
Charge nurses are registered nurses who supervise a hospital unit or department during a shift.
They coordinate patient care, manage staffing, handle problems as they arise, and serve as the point of contact between floor nurses and hospital administration: The charge nurse assigned rooms for the new admissions.
The role may rotate among experienced nurses or be a permanent position.
- shiftsMoves or work periods
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
- huddleClose protective gathering
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
- reportingConveying documented information
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Hospital's frontline care providers
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