Reporting to the Unit Manager the staff RN is a professional care giver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame and provides care to these patients via therapeutic use of self the nursing process the environment/instrumentation and other health care team members she/he may interact with or delegate duties or supervise in the delivery of care based on the scope of practice outlined by the Board of Nursing.. If assigned as charge nurse will serve as resource for coordination of activities on a single unit. Responsibilities as charge nurse include but are not limited to assessment of unit needs and available resources for current and oncoming shift(s) based on: patient needs volume individual and family needs and special clinical procedures or interventions pending.