Description
Overview:
Admission Responsibilities:
- For patient admitted directly to inpatient floor, RN collaborates and communicates effectively with primary nurse on patient admission needs
- Facilitates admission through admission navigator documentation in the EMR
- Performs first head-to-toe assessment on admission for Licensed Practical Nurses
- For patients admitted to the ADT suite, RN will complete admission documentation and thorough assessment.
- RN will provide inpatient care (including medication administration) to patients within the ADT suite until a bed becomes available on an inpatient unit.
- Completes initial skin assessment
- Orients patient and family to room, hospital, and nurse call system
- Provides and documents education to patient and families.
Discharge Responsibilities:
- Collaborates and communicates effectively with primary nurse on patient discharge needs
- Provides discharge education to patient and family
- Ensures that all required admission and discharge tasks are complete prior to patient discharge
- Removes any applicable devices not indicated for discharge
- Documents education provided in EMR
- Coordinates patient transportation for discharge o For patients that have transportation barriers for a timely discharge, RN will move patient to ADT suite, complete discharge education and tasks, and provide care until patient's transportation arrives
- RN will collaborate and communicate effectively with primary nurse and floor Care Management team to ensure smooth transition to ADT suite
- Remove bed linens, trash, and equipment from patient room
Transfer/Task Responsibilities:
- Collaborates and communicates effectively with primary nurse on patient needs
- Transfer: Coordinates patient transfer to appropriate level of care
- Tasks (not exhaustive): o Assist with medication administration, including IVP medication for LPNs
- PIV insertion, including Ultrasound-guided insertion
- NG placement
- Urinary catheter insertion
- Wound dressing changes
- Patient nutrition and hygiene
- Answer patient calls and attend to patient needs while rounding
Qualifications:
Education: Graduate of an accredited nursing school
Licensure: RN licensure in applicable state of practice.
Experience: Two or more years peri-operative patient care services or medical/surgical nursing experience in hospital preferred.
Mercy has determined this is a safety-sensitive position. The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job.
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