Registered Nurse - Center Valley, United States - Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network

Verified Company

Center Valley, United States

1 week ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

JOB SUMMARY

Promotes and restores patients' health by completing the nursing process; collaborating with physicians and intermultidisciplinary team members; providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families; delegate and evaluate care assigned to LPNs and CNAs to meet patient care needs.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

IDENTIFIES PATIENT CARE REQUIREMENTSBy establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.

Uses the nursing process as a framework to deliver care by establishing or contributing to a plan of care with the patient including a teaching plan, within 24 hours of admission

- establishing or contributing to prioritization of goals appropriate to the patient's age and ability to learn
- estimated length of stay, medical diagnoses and discharge plan

Identifying nursing care needs, writing nursing interventions and identifying educational objectives appropriate to care standards

- by reassessing and documenting the effectiveness of nursing actions and the patients progress toward goals as the patient's condition changes
- by communicating the plan and patient progress to the interdisciplinary team
- delegating the plan of care to other licensed and unlicensed associates within their scope of practice.

ESTABLISHES A COMPASSIONATE ENVIRONMENTBy providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.

PROMOTES PATIENT'S INDEPENDENCEBy establishing patient care goals
- educating patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills
by demonstrating competence in providing age specific care to pediatric patients, adult patients and geriatric patients.

ASSURES QUALITY OF CAREBy adhering to therapeutic standards
- measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards
- making or recommending necessary adjustments
- following hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, State Nurse Practice Act, and other governing agency regulations
- by participating in performance improvement activities
- by directing and assessing care provided to assigned patients by LPNs, Nursing Assistants, agency personnel, students and other associates.

RESOLVES PATIENT PROBLEMS AND NEEDSBy utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies
- by utilizing established communication methods to ensure resolution of patient problems and needs
- by communicating patient status to the interdisciplinary team.

DOCUMENTS PATIENT CARE SERVICESBy documenting delivery of services, changes in the patient's condition and the patient's response to nursing interventions in the medical record according to policies and procedures.

MAINTAINS PATIENT CONFIDENCE AND ORGANIZATIONAL CONFIDENTIALITYBy keeping information confidential.

MAINTAINS SAFE AND CLEAN WORKING ENVIRONMENTBy complying with procedures, rules, and regulations
- calling for assistance from health care support personnel
- by maintaining a clean and safe unit environment
- keeping patient rooms, supply rooms and hallways free from clutter
- by complying with procedures, rules and regulations
- by adhering to infection control policies and procedures, medication administration and storage procedures and controlled substance regulations.
By maintaining compliance with professional, regulatory and governmental standards of care.

By demonstrating knowledge of responsibilities in an emergency situation (i.

e., code blue, Dr. Wintergreen, etc.).

ENSURES OPERATION OF EQUIPMENTBy following manufacturer's instructions
- troubleshooting malfunctions
- entering work orders for equipment repairs
- evaluating new equipment and techniques.

DEMONSTRATES FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITYBy checking stock to determine inventory level
- anticipating needed supplies
- using equipment/supplies as needed to accomplish job results

By minimizing overtime by work prioritization and delegation

- recognizes and complies with RN's role in reimbursement for patient care services.

By identifying and providing input to Nurse Managers on work methods that reduce the cost and/or time required to deliver patient care.

By maintaining awareness of unit budget.

MAINTAINS PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGEBy identifying personal educational needs and opportunities
- attending educational workshops
- completing mandatory educational requirements
- reviewing professional publications
- establishing personal networks
- participating in professional organizations
- sharing new knowledge with teams
- attending unit meetings
- reading unit memos
- participating in committees, projects and PI activities.
By maintaining responsibility for own professional development through active participation in in-services and/or continuing education programs.

MAINTAINS A COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP AMONG HEALTH CARE TEAMSBy communicating in