RN Urgent Care Ctr. Float Pool (Per Diem, Days)

Job Specific Duties

• Communicates patients progress including critical findings & changes in condition with physician and/or disciplines involved in the care of the child. Performs and documents discharge instructions.
• Completes intakes to prepare patient to be seen by the medical team including vital signs weight height symptoms and history.
• Delegates nursing care based on knowledge of staff qualifications and competency.
• Performs intake assessment on patients with an emergency condition.
• Performs nursing treatments and follows physician team orders for medication administration IV hydration aerosol respiratory support etc. on assigned patients.
• Plans coordinates and implements a transfer to a higher level of care for EMTALA transfers.
• Obtains parental immunization consent for every immunization administered per policy.
• Assists Physician in procedures (I&D lacerations sutures removal) as needed.
• Follows physicians orders checks labs tests and administers patient medications when needed. Adheres to six rights of medication administration per Medication administration policy.
• Assesses IV sites after removal of IV to check for infiltration and redness.
• Ensures safe analgesics/narcotics administration monitoring and reassessment as per hospital Pain Management policy and procedure.
• Asses electronic health record independently according to hospital policy and completes accurate and timely documentation within 24 hours in the patients electronic health record.
• Communicates with patients and families to review plan of care and solicits input. Communicates any patient and family concerns to physician.
• Provides education and documents patient/family teachings on health related needs (i.e. disease medications treatments pain discharge safety nutrition skin care etc.).
• Promotes a safe error free working environment by consistently performing thorough hand-offs (utilizing SBAR) and infection prevention measures.
• Ensures safe/effective/efficient care delivery with emphasis on absence of medication errors & blood borne infections avoidance of falls from surface ouch-free procedural pain & reduction of pain.
• Completes chart reviews observe for Accreditation and Regulatory Compliance.
• Completes charges on all assigned patients.
• Demonstrates proper personal protective equipment (PPE) indication and use.
• Meets or exceeds unit standards in achieving a 95% CEI; completes documentation in a timely manner; accountable to regulatory and requirements of the DNV CMS DOH & ACHA.
• Provides continuous supervision observation of behavioral health patients and adheres to non-violent crisis intervention strategies (CPI).