Under the general supervision of the Team Leader and Director of Surgical Services, is responsible for the delivery of safe, effective and quality patient/family centered care in Surgical Services.
Responsibilities
Patient Advocacy: - Protects the patient's rights, dignity, and privacy - Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families - Develops and/or implements and maintains an individualized plan of care, including developmental and cultural needs - Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions - Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies - Utilize appropriate resources for non-English speaking patients, hearing and sight impaired individuals, and/or healthcare illiteracy - Takes proactive steps to recognize and report suspected abuse to your supervisor including child, geriatric, sexual, and spousal abuse
Clinical Competency : - Assesses patients at intervals and communicates current status through the continuum of care - Protects patient from injury caused by chemical, electrical, positioning, heat and/or extraneous objects - Performs "time out" procedure for every patient to ensure correct side, site and level prior to procedure - Initiates intravenous therapy skillfully and acts as a resource for intravenous therapy needs within the hospital - Manages patient specimen according to hospital policy - Administers medications appropriately - Post-surgery; procedure, monitors, maintains and /or improves respiratory, circulatory, and neurologic function - Performs interventions to maintain body systems, fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances, wound and tissue perfusion at or above baseline - Provides effective pain management - Performs interventions to ensure patient is at or returned to normothermia at the conclusion of procedure - Protects the patient from infection using handwashing and aseptic technique - Transfers care using hospital approved handoff - Documents nursing care consistently, timely, and without omissions - Delegates tasks as appropriate according to the state Nurse Practice Act and job descriptions - Identifies and acts appropriately to an emergency situation - May have to lift more than 25 pounds
Quality: - Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments - Follows hospital and nursing division's mission, philosophies and standards of care - Participates in quality review and performance improvement projects
Professionalism: - Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; and/or participating in professional societies - Demonstrates the accountability as a health care professional by recognizing each practitioner is individually responsible for his/her actions
Qualifications
NH RN License
BLS, ACLS Required
Skills & Experience: Current clinical skills within scope of practice; Effectively organize work and set priorities; Current infection control practice; Positive bedside manner; Applicable physio/social/spiritual knowledge related to patient care; Safe administration of medication; Works effectively within the healthcare team; Able to work irregular hours including call