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public-health nursing supervisor
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of nursing personnel in community health agency. Responsibilities include:
- Serves as liaison between staff and administrative personnel.
- Develops standards and procedures for providing nursing care and for evaluating service.
- Provides orientation, teaching, and guidance to staff to improve quality and quantity of service.
- Evaluates performance of personnel and interprets nursing standards to staff, advisory boards, nursing committees, and community groups.
- Recommends duty assignment of nursing personnel and coordinates services with other health and social agencies to render program more effective.
- Reviews, evaluates, and interprets nursing records, vital statistics, and other data affecting health service in order to assess community needs and to plan and implement programs to meet these needs.
- Assists in planning educational programs for nurses, related professional workers, and community groups to meet needs of personnel and practitioners.
- Assists in preparation of agency budget.
- May plan for and participate in field research related to community health nursing.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Synonym(s): community-health_nursing_nurse_supervisor
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