Requires strong analytical and organizational skills necessary to assess, develop, and implement individualized plans of patient care, education in changing patient situations with recognition of actual and potential problems, patient, family involvement, and the collection of data related to unit nursing care concerns. Requires general working knowledge of the normal growth, development, related behaviors, needs, comfort, and range of treatment appropriate to the age, including neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric, and diagnosis of patient served to support the provision of an individualized interdisciplinary plan of care.