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A registered nurse is a healthcare professional who has expertise in the delivery of professional nursing care to patients. It is important to remember that registered nurses possess a number of assessment, evaluation and clinical decision‐making skills as well as specific knowledge of disease pathology, pharmacology/medicines management and non‐medical treatments and therapies within the context of compassionate and caring nursing skills.

Registered nurses also maintain accountability for patients under their care, and consequently, a registered nurse should be notified of your assessment of the patient.

The registered nurse may have the ability to manage a patient by putting into place a plan of care which may not necessarily require the patient to be escalated to a physician or other healthcare professional. Registered nurses may have significant experience in the specialism and have developed additional specialist skills and knowledge; they may have access to patient group directives or be non‐medical prescribers, allowing them to administer medications without a direct prescription and as such, and they can be consulted for advice and intervention.