In Bon Air JCC nursing care is provided through licensed RNs and LPNs working 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Nurses are an integral part of the multidisciplinary teamwork at Bon Air JCC.
Nurses are responsible for:
- Seeing residents in scheduled clinics and for emergency and urgent care
- Providing health education to residents
- Triaging residents for acute and chronic conditions
- Consulting with medical providers regularly regarding the care of the residents
- Coordinating and assisting the providers with medical, dental, and psychiatric clinics 3-5 days a week
- Holding a nurse-run clinic (sick call) seven days a week
- Providing medications as ordered by the physicians, dentist and nurse practitioner
