Advanced Practical Nurse - PRN

Basic Purpose

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities involving providing advanced health care to individuals, families or groups as an advanced or expert clinician.

Typical Functions

• Provides advanced primary, secondary or tertiary health care for individuals, families or groups at an advanced or expert clinician level;
• assesses individual health, analyzes data to determine health and nursing care needed, plans a strategy to meet identified health care needs, evaluates responses to interventions and makes changes in care or treatment as needed;
• identifies and allocates community health care resources or coordinates and evaluates other health resources necessary to meet individual or group needs at the most appropriate level.

Education And Experience

• Possession of a valid Oklahoma license as a Registered Nurse by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing;
• recognition as a certified Advanced Practice Nurse by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing;
• three years of experience as a Registered Nurse plus one year of experience as an Advanced Practice Nurse.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities And Competencies

• Knowledge of human anatomy, physiology and chemistry;
• of medical diagnosis techniques, methods and procedures;
• of the theory, principles and practices of nursing or health care delivery systems;
• of ambulatory care;
• of methods and procedures of laboratory and X-ray and other diagnosis techniques;
• of pharmaceutical agents, their usage and contraindications;
• of minor surgical procedures and techniques;
• of safety and safety practices;
• and of medical management techniques.

Special Requirements

• Some agencies may have determined positions in this job family to be safety sensitive as defined by 63 O.S. 427.8.