Description $10K SIGN ON BONUS - FOR ELIGIBLE EXTERNAL CANDIDATES ONLY Summary:
To provide direct and indirect nursing care to a patient or a group of patients.
Responsibilities:
1. Physical Assessment Criteria A: Completes the Admission assessment of the patient providing a clear picture of his/her status. Criteria B: Documents detailed information incorporating the plan of care, interventions, and outcomes reflecting the patient's physical, mental, and emotional status. Submits audits of their documentation from 3 different charts annually. Criteria C: Reassesses patient on a shift-to-shift basis. Criteria D: Completes transfer/discharge documentation including an assessment of the patient's needs to determine the preferred level of care.
2. Administration of Medications. Criteria A: Follows the 5 Rights of Medication Administration, verbalizing to patient's/family/significant other the medication they are receiving. Criteria B: Assesses the patient prior to administering medications noting allergies, parameters, potential side effects, effectiveness, and intervening as needed. Criteria C: Provides pain management based on the patient's reports and assessment findings. Reassesses and documents response according to hospital standards. Criteria D: Identifies high risk: PINCH, sound alike/look alike and utilizes medication references as needed.
3. Patient Safety. Criteria A: Assesses patients for potential safety risks upon admission. Criteria B: Adheres to hospital policies and procedures regarding patient safety. Criteria C: Initiates interventions related to the risk factors identified.
4. Patient/Family Education. Criteria A: Assesses larning needs of patient/family/significant other. Criteria B: Plans and provides appropriate instruction using applicable teaching methods. Criteria C: Assesses and documents patient/family/significant other response to teaching.
5. Delegation. Criteria A: Applies the 5 rights of delegation. Criteria B: Coordinates and supervises the delivery of nursing care, including the delegation of tasks. Criteria C: Maintains accountability for care delegated. Criteria D: States roles/responsibilities of co-workers to whom tasks are delegated.
6. Leadership. Criteria A: Promotes a positive work environment through personal example and teamwork. Criteria B: Assumes role of charge nurse demonstrating independent problem solving, decision making, organizational, and prioritization skills. Criteria C: Attends to unit staffing needs in relation to acuity and census in a pro-active manner. Criteria D: Assists in orientation and teaching of new nursing personnel.
7. Skin Care. Criteria A: Assesses patient's skin condition on admission, every shift, change in condition, transfer, and discharge. Criteria B: Initiates preventive skin care measures to patients at risk for skin breakdown. Criteria C: Stages pressure ulcers according to AHRQ guidelines. Criteria D: Institutes protocols per Norwalk Hospital policies based on assessment.
8. Care Delivery. Criteria A: Adheres to Nursing Standards of Practice to include assessment, care planning, interventions, and evaluation of the plan of care. Criteria B: Practices according to unit based standards. (See unit specific competencies) Criteria C: Conducts walking rounds for shift report and introductory rounds with assigned patients at the beginning of the shift.
Education: ASSOCIATE'S LVL DGRE
Other Information:
Required: License to practice in the State of Connecticut, Basic Cardiac Life Support (CPR) within three months of hire.
Minimum Experience: zero to six months
Desired:
Working Conditions:
Manual: significant manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity
Occupational: Significant occupational risk
Physical Effort: Very Heavy effort. May exert up to 50 lbs. force
Physical Environment: Significant exposure to dirt, odors, noise, human waste, etc.
Credentials:RN
Company: Norwalk Hospital Association
Org Unit: 379
Department: Nursing Float Pool
Exempt: No
