Department: CPC Acute Services
FTE: 0.05
Casual Pool (as needed)
Shift: Days
Position Summary:
Work within the nursing process to provide direct nursing care to assigned patients. Serve as a role model to promote a positive work environment and quality patient care. Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures. Patient care assignment may include: Neonate, Pediatric, Adolescent, Adult, and Geriatric age groups.
Detailed Responsibilities:
- PATIENT SAFETY 1: Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures, and protocols.
- DEVELOPMENT: Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in-services, meetings, and workshops.
- ENVIRONMENT: Maintain a safe, comfortable, and therapeutic environment for patients/families in accordance with Hospitals standards.
- PATIENT SAFETY 2: Demonstrate a proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes.
- PATIENT SAFETY 3: Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk.
- POLICIES: Work within Hospitals, Nursing division, and departmental policies.
- CARE PLAN: Work in collaboration with the healthcare team, implement and document individualized care plans incorporating age-specific considerations, including discharge planning and patient/family teaching.
- MEDICATION: Administer medication, including IV medication, via the Seven Rights; document and communicate clinical findings.
- TESTS AND PROCEDURES: Assist with special tests and procedures, ensuring proper consent has been obtained.
- EMERGENCY MEASURES: Assist with or institute emergency measures for sudden, adverse developments in patients.
- PATIENT CARE: Deliver safe direct care to an assigned group of patients as required.
- MEDICAL RECORDS: Ensure that patient medical records contain necessary information.
- INQUIRIES: Answer telephones and triage calls as per departmental policy.
- PARTICIPATION: Participate in orientation; upon successful completion of preceptor training, assume precepting and evaluation responsibilities of new personnel.
- PATIENT SAFETY 4: Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors, and/or near misses in a timely manner.
- PATIENT SAFETY 5: Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may 'not seem right'.
Qualifications
Education:
Essential:
* Program Graduate
Nonessential:
* Bachelor's Degree
Education specialization:
Essential:
* Nationally Accredited Nursing Graduate
Nonessential:
* Nursing
Experience:
Essential:
Nonessential:
No preferred experience
Credentials:
Essential:
* CPR for Healthcare/BLS Provider or Professional Rescuers within 30 days
* RN in NM or as allowed by reciprocal agreement by NM
Nonessential:
* Nationally Certified in area of specialty
* PALS
* TNCC and/or ENPC
Physical Conditions:
Heavy Work: Exerting 50 to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 25 to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or 10 to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects or people. Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Medium Work.
Working Conditions:
Essential:
* Significant Hazard: Chemicals, Bio Hazardous Materials requiring PPE.
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