Registered Nurse - Patchogue, United States - Long Island Community Hospital

Long Island Community Hospital
Long Island Community Hospital
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Patchogue, United States

3 weeks ago

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Description

Long Island Community Hospital has served this richly diverse region as a patient-first community hospital for more than 60 years. As Long Island's only independent community hospital, we are 100% committed to becoming the community's healthcare provider of choice with our greatly enhanced services including the Knapp Cardiac Care Center, our highly-advanced heart disease diagnosis and treatment facility, our new modern surgical pavilion, our unique ER approach, and our high-touch services including women's imaging, sleep laboratory and orthopedics and more. These services are delivered with the highest level of compassion by our LI Community Hospital staff - Long Islanders with an unmistakable mix of courage and heart who care about the people right here in our community and whose sole purpose is to provide personalized comfort. For more information, go to , and interact with us on LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Indeed, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram.


Position Summary:


We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Registered Nurse - Full Time, Nights - Inpatient Psychiatric.


Responsibilities:


  • The registered nurse collects patient health data by involving the patient, family and other health care providers
  • Performs initial assessment based on patient's presentation.
  • Records relevant data on the nursing component of the Interdisciplinary Admission Assessment.
  • Demonstrates awareness of the special needs of each age group or culture served as well as those patients with disabilities.
  • Ongoing assessments are performed as established by department policy and as warranted by the patient's response.
  • Incorporates discharge planning into the admission process.
  • Analyzes the assessment data in determining problem identification. Identifies expected outcomes individualized to the patient.
  • Demonstrates the ability to combine theoretical knowledge and clinical expertise to anticipate and plan for the identified patient and family care needs.
  • Analyzes the assessment data and identifies actual or potential problems that are validated with the patient, family and other health care providers.
  • Identifies any cultural, ethnic, and spiritual aspects of patient/family dynamics related to the patient's care.
  • Recognizes the patient's comfort/pain management needs that may impact on the plan of care and desired outcome.
  • Identifies actual or potential knowledge deficits for the patient and/or family.
  • Communicates expected outcomes to the patient, family and other health care providers to promote continuity of care.
  • Develops a plan of care that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcome.
  • Collaborates with the patient, family and appropriate healthcare providers in developing the plan of care.
  • Formulates a family centered plan of care consistent with the assessment of the patient's needs and the physician's treatment plan; Integrates identified cultural, ethnic and spiritual aspects of care into the plan.
  • Incorporates teaching and learning principles in the plan of care based on the identified learning needs and developmental level.
  • Assists the patient and family in identifying and securing services to address health related needs
  • Communicates the plan of care to the patient, family and other health care providers to promote continuity of care.
  • Documents the initial plan of care and provides updates as required.
  • Establishes realistic goals, sets appropriate priorities and uses time efficiently
  • Implements the plan of care for each patient and performs appropriate patient monitoring.
  • Adapts nursing procedures to meet the needs of the individual patient.
  • Provides education to the patient and family utilizing the educational assessment.
  • Recognizes hazards to patient safety and takes action to maintain a safe environment.
  • Works collaboratively with other team members to implement interventions.
  • Assigns or delegates tasks as defined by the state nurse practice act and according to the knowledge and skills of the caregiver.
  • Demonstrates knowledge regarding drug administration, incompatibilities, contraindications and adverse effects. Seeks out appropriate resources when uncertain regarding an aspect about medication administration.
  • Complies with medication policy and procedure for order transcription/verification, drug administration and documentation.
  • Evaluates the patient's progress toward attainment of outcomes.
  • Documents the patient's response to interventions and revisions to the plan of care.
  • Ongoing assessment data is used to revise expected outcomes and the patient plan of care as needed
  • Identifies barriers to achieving desired patient/family outcomes and utilizes resources to diminish the negative impact on the patient/family.
  • Communicates with and includes the patient, family and other health care providers in the evaluation process.
  • Provides care that demonstrates ethical beliefs and respect for patient's ri
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