Description

Summary:

Responsible for patient admission tasks such as assessment and care planning, and discharge tasks for an assigned group of patients for a defined work period to assist in supporting and expediting patient throughput. Involves provision of these services to older adolescent, young adult, adult, geriatric and pediatric patients.

Responsibilities

Patient Care Planning

• Develops comprehensive nursing care plan which addresses all significant needs and problems identified during nursing admission assessment.
  
  

Patient Care Provision

• Completes nursing activities associated with the admission and discharge of assigned patients.
• Provides safe and therapeutic care and seeks resources when appropriate.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to ensure thorough and effective transitions for admitting and discharging patients.
  
  

Patient Care Evaluation

• Evaluates patient response to interventions and attainment of goals in collaboration with interdisciplinary team.
• Completes nursing documentation for admission and discharge functions for assigned patients.
  
  

Teaching

• Evaluates education needs of patient and significant others and documents their response to teaching.
• Utilizes, adapts, and revises teaching resources to meet patient education needs.
• Explains procedures, tests, and disease process to patients and families as needed.
  
  

Patient Care Communication

• Reports and documents accurately and concisely to appropriate persons the patient's condition.
• Maintains patient confidentiality.
• Applies basic verbal and nonverbal skills to maintain open, effective communication among care team members, patients, and significant others.
• Encourages direct discussion between staff members when differences occur and seeks assistance to arbitrate differences as needed.
• Contributes to the overall identification, implementation and improvement of the throughput process.
• Gives and accepts constructive feedback appropriately.
• Identifies actual and potentially unsafe patient care practices, reports them in the designated manner, and suggests alternatives.
• Other duties as assigned
  
  

Requirements

• Associate's Degree in Nursing
• RN License in state of employment or compact
• BLS
  
  

Work Schedule

PRN

Work Type

Per Diem As Needed