“That everything will be okay. You can see your family. It’s breaking my heart with the COVID.” Romana Jurado, CNA
“I’m looking for COVID cases to drop, hopefully tremendously and that we can move forward with everyday life without a mask.” Tabitha Campbell, LPN charge nurse
“A better year than 2020. I’m hoping for a decline in COVID and hopefully a better year on that.” Brittney Butler, LPN
A good and healthy year with more residents to help. It’s just like my family.” Nina Perry, CNA
Everest Rehab Hospital seeking RN
SUMMARY:
The Registered Nurse, with appropriate competency completions, is responsible for the direct and indirect nursing care of all patients ranging in age from 18 years to geriatric experiencing rehabilitation diagnosis and/or wound care needs.
The RN is also responsible for the overall direction and supervision of all patient care during his/her shift.
Demonstrates the knowledge and skill to carry out the nursing process when providing patient care.
Satisfies the established standards of the nursing practice. Supervises and delegates patient care tasks to CNA and other patient care team members.
Promotes teamwork with physicians and personnel of other departments. As appropriate, the registered nurse takes into consideration the patients’ age in the performance of any task.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
May include, but is not limited to the following:
Job Specific:
Provides comprehensive nursing care for assigned patients by maintaining a current care plan and adjusting it to the patient’s changing needs.
Performs specializing treatments, administering prescribed medications, delegating duties to appropriate persons and coordinating patient care with other departments.
Demonstrates ability to work cohesively and professionally in an interdisciplinary model with therapy, case management, physician’s, laboratory, radiology, pharmacy, quality, food service/dietary, leadership, etc.
Utilizes appropriate evidence-based techniques and instruments to collect pertinent physiological, psychosocial, and functional data to formulate nursing diagnosis.
Incorporates factors related to safety into delivery of patient care as directed by the physician.
Interprets data from all health team members and integrate it into written assessment and formulates a nursing diagnosis based on available assessment data.
Continues assessment process on a continuous basis to anticipate possible changes in patient status based on clinical experience;
establish priorities for patient care and identifies crisis situations.
Develops a plan that prescribes strategies and interventions to attain expected outcomes and is consistent with interdisciplinary plan of care and patient/family goals.
Demonstrates respect, courtesy, understanding and tolerance while accomplishing shared goals.
Implement interventions consistent with the established plan of care, interdisciplinary treatment plan, and available resources;
evaluate progress toward goal attainment, modifying the plan of care as indicated.
Meets learning needs of patients and significant others by providing accurate information regarding care during
hospitalization including expected outcomes, home care instructions and referrals to appropriate health agencies and resources.
Responsible for establishing and maintaining learning environment by working effectively with health team members, assisting with care and documentation and initiating and conducting patient care team conferences with staff.
Communicates patient care plan to health team members on a continuing basis which includes completing and updating assignment sheets,
giving report, providing explanation of plan of care to be given, acting as resource person and completing necessary documentation on various nursing forms.
Documents medication, administration, functional care, intake and output, vital signs and other patient related measures.
Assumes leadership responsibilities as assigned which include working effectively with
team members and resolving interdepartmental problems and barriers to provision of necessary services to patients.
Job Function:
Provides comprehensive nursing care for assigned patients by maintaining a current care plan and adjusting it to the patient’s changing needs.
Performs specializing treatments, administering prescribed medications, delegating duties to appropriate persons and coordinating patient care with other departments.
Documents medication, administration, functional care, intake and output, vital signs and other patient related measures.
Implement interventions consistent with the established plan of care, interdisciplinary treatment plan, and available resources; evaluate progress toward goal attainment, modifying the plan of care as indicated.
