Provide professional nursing care to patients utilizing the nursing process. To collaborate with other members of the health care delivery team including physicians, to deliver quality health care. Primary role is the delivery of competent clinically appropriate placement of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) Lines and/or Midlines as ordered, including maintenance and care of all Central Lines.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Assess patients with difficult access or need for long term IV therapy for appropriate vascular access device.
- Work with staff nurses, physicians, case managers, and other team members to ensure early assessment for VAD selection and implementation.
- Participate in education with Vascular Access education with patient, family members, and staff.
- Review physicians' orders.
- Obtain consent.
- Review medical records for any contraindications of peripheral vascular access.
- Determine the best vascular access device for the patient based on medications, current access status, diagnoses, length of IV therapy, etc.
- Report directly to the Systems Director of Infection Prevention & Control.
- Troubleshoot difficult complications of VADs or assist staff in troubleshooting.
- Document completely and accurately in the patient's permanent medical record.
QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS:
Experience: Minimum of two years nursing experience in an acute care hospital setting required.
EDUCATION: Graduation from an accredited school of Nursing required; a bachelor's degree or master's degree in Nursing preferred.
Licenses/Certifications: Current New York State RN licensure required. Current BLS required. Valid PICC Insertion Certification required.
OTHER:
The individual performing this job may reasonably anticipate coming into contact with human blood and other potentially infectious materials. Individuals in this position are required to exercise universal precautions, use personal protective equipment and devices, and learn the policies concerning infection control.
About Us:
Good Samaritan Hospital
Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, NY, is a 286-bed hospital providing emergency, medical, surgical, obstetrical/gynecological, and acute-care services to residents of Rockland and southern Orange counties in New York; and northern Bergen County, NJ. The hospital is home to a recognized cardiovascular program, comprehensive cancer-treatment services, the area's leading Wound and Hyperbaric Institute, and outstanding maternal/child services that include a Children's Diagnostic Center. Good Samaritan Hospital also provides social, psychiatric, and substance-abuse services and its certified home-care agency supports residents of the Hudson Valley and beyond.
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