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- Monitors individual's medical/health needs and services.
- Visits each assigned home weekly (minimally) to provide nursing oversight and complete review of items
- Interacts with primary, medical specialists, various clinical staff as necessary.
- Advocate for individuals' health care needs
- Maintains ongoing communication with med liaison/designee
- Provides support to residential staff in maintaining health services for the individuals.
- Utilizes appropriate reporting mechanisms/chain of command in responding to individual and/or staff issues
- Completes follow-up including documentation for individuals post ER/hospital visit follow-up
- Reviews, comments, initials and dates lab, x-ray, consults, etc. If indicated completes follow-up with practitioner.
- Provides necessary documentation regarding home visits within established time frames.
- Follows pressure wound policy and documentation requirements.
- Responds to emergency requests as soon as possible (within and outside caseload).
- Completes nursing assessments and related documentation . RN Notes, nursing log book, etc. thoroughly and within established time frames.
- Provides individual-specific nursing interventions.
- Responds to staff questions regarding individual specific medical/nursing issues.
- PONS are current (for caseload) and signed by staff. All PONS are maintained in computer files.
- Provides health related training/consultation to day program, IES, residential staff.
- Annually for everyone in your caseload, completes: review of medical section ISP, medication audit (each home)
- Keeps up to date regarding changes to medical section on ISP
- Responsible for obtaining individual's informed consent for medications, as per BDDSOO Policy.
- Completes initial medication certification and conducts annual clinical performance evaluations for DSAS for procedures that include but not limited to medication administration (Annual Clinical Nursing Evaluation of Nursing Delegated Tasks)
- Provides training for all staff as needed on new/revised medication/policies.
- Provides CMHN, NA and NPC' with certification/recertification information for data base in a timely manner.
- Completes required medication error documentation and staff medication error remediation
- Provides adequate nursing supervision and completes performance evaluations (as assigned) regarding individual-specific nursing procedures.
- Attends Nursing Discipline meetings.
- Attends/completes on-line mandated DDSO training, as well as available discipline specific training.
- Identifies problems and/or opportunities for personal and/or nursing department improvement (s) and contributes to the development of an action plan.
- Completes special projects/assignments
Registered Nurse 1 - Cortland, United States - People With Developmental Disabilities, Office for
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