Charge Nurse definition

Charge Nurse means a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse responsible for supervising nursing services on a specific shift.

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Charge Nurse is a registered nurse who is appointed to a Charge Nurse position and undertakes duties as outlined in the Charge Nurse role description.

Charge Nurse means the registered or licensed practical nurse who is responsible for day-to-day operations of a unit in the facility on which residents live.

Examples of Charge Nurse in a sentence

• For the purposes of this provision, Charge Nurse and Team Lead shall be considered as within the same classification as a “General Duty RN”, or any other classification agreed by the parties.

• A RN2 who is assigned in writing Charge Nurse responsibility by the Nurse Manager or designee for an organized unit for a period of one (1) or more hours shall receive Charge Nurse premium pay for all such hours worked.

• The Charge Nurse will receive appropriate orientation prior to being assigned Charge Nurse responsibilities.

• Approved procedures will be reduced to writing and made available on the unit in the Charge Nurse Resource Manual.

• When the numbers of new graduate nurses on a specific unit comprise a reasonable portion of the unit’s staff and those nurses have completed their formal preceptor period, the Nurse Managers and/or Charge Nurse will assess the situation and, as appropriate, appoint a Clinical Advisor to provide additional clinical support.

More Definitions of Charge Nurse

Charge Nurse is a separate job classification and is defined as a Registered Nurse who has 9 applied for and been selected by the Hospital for the Charge Nurse position, in its discretion. Charge 10 Nurses are paid on a separate pay scale for all hours paid. A Charge Nurse is responsible for the 11 day-to-day operation of the nursing unit (e.g., daily staffing, patient care assignments and 12 communication with staff, providers and management).

Charge Nurse is a nurse designated by the Employer to provide leadership 26 support to a nursing department for one or more shifts, in addition to regular 27 duties as a nurse. 28 Page 4 of 79 Date Accepted / / Date of Proposal: / / ONA 🡪 Pacific Communities Hospital

Charge Nurse means a direct-care registered nurse who

Charge Nurse. Premium Pay: As designated and approved by VCMC/SPH Nursing Administration, a premium will be paid for each full shift worked as follows:

Charge Nurse is defined as a Registered Nurse who is designated by the unit nursing 26 manager and has the responsibilities established in the “Charge Nurse job description” for a 27 specific shift in a nursing unit. It is understood that the unit nursing manager may designate 28 a relief charge nurse to carry out charge nurse assignments in the charge nurse’s 29 absence, in the event the unit nursing manager determines it is appropriate to do so, in 30 their discretion. Any nurse designated as relief charge nurse shall be entitled to the 31 charge differential when carrying out charge nurse assignments in the absence of the 32 charge nurse.

Charge Nurse means a direct care registered nurse who coordinates patient care

Charge Nurse is hereby defined as a Registered Nurse who is assigned the temporary responsibility for one hour or more of a nursing unit, on any shift.