Registered Nurse - Long Term Care

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A 99-bed facility, Raker Center is open to residents ages 18 and older with primary diagnoses including, but not limited to, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, quadriplegia or multiple sclerosis. An interdisciplinary team seeks to help residents maintain as much independence as possible for the longest amount of time. The team consists of attending physicians, neurologists, psychiatrists and psychologists, RNs and LPNs, social workers, chaplains, and physical, speech, occupational and recreational therapists.

* JOB SUMMARY

* Promotes and restores residents' health by completing the nursing process. Collaborating with physicians and interdisciplinary team members. Provides physical and psychological support to residents and families. Delegates and evaluate care rendered by LPNs and CNAs to meet resident care needs.

* ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

* IDENTIFIES RESIDENT CARE REQUIREMENTS

* Utilizes the Nursing Process as framework to deliver care by establishing or contributing to a plan of care with the resident

* Establishes and contributes to prioritization of goals with the resident and interdisciplinary team

* Identifies nursing diagnoses

* Identifies teaching objectives appropriate to care standards

* Evaluates effectiveness of nursing interventions and resident progress toward goals as resident condition changes

* Continuously identifies actual and potential problems after implementation of nursing interventions

* Communicates plan of care and residents' progress to interdisciplinary team

* Delegates plan of care to other licensed and unlicensed associates within their scope of practice

* Establishes rapport with potential and actual residents and other persons in a position to understand care requirements

* Provide holistic care that addresses physical, emotional, cognitive, social, and spiritual needs

* ESTABLISHES A COMPASSIONATE ENVIRONMENT

* Provides emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to residents, families, caregivers, and interdisciplinary team members

* PROMOTES RESIDENT INDEPENDENCE

* Establishes care goals with residents

* Educates residents, family members, and friends to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills

* Demonstrates competence in providing care to residents

* ASSURES QUALITY OF CARE

* Adheres to therapeutic standards

* Measure health outcomes against resident goals and standards

* Continually recommends appropriate adjustments to resident plan of care

* Complies with organizational and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by State Board of Nursing, State Nurse Practice Act, an other governing agency regulations

* Participates in performance improvement activities by directing and assessing care provided to residents by RNs, LPNs, CNAs, agency personnel, students, and other associates

* RESOLVES RESIDENT PROBLEMS & NEEDS

* Utilizes interdisciplinary team strategies

* Utilized established communication methods to ensure resolution of resident problems and needs

* Communicates resident status to interdisciplinary team members

* DOCUMENTS RESIDENTS CARE SERVICES

* Documents delivery of service, changes in resident condition, and resident response to nursing interventions in the resident medical record and other departmental records according to policies and procedures

* Ensures documentation of care rendered by other staff members

* Reviews, transcribes, communicates, and implements physician orders

* MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY

* Complies with HIPAA

* Ensures that all resident and organizational information is kept confidential

* MAINTAINS SAFE & CLEAN WORKING ENVIRONMENT

* Complies with Infection Control policies, procedures, and regulations

* Complies with policies and procedures on storage and disposal of controlled substances, toxic and non-toxic chemicals, and other wastes

* Coordinates with health care support personnel

* ENSURES RESIDENT SAFETY

* Demonstrates skills and knowledge in compliance with the policies and procedures on medication and treatment administration

* Ensures CNAs and other staff members' compliance on resident appropriate transfers, feeding, and personal hygiene

* Responds to resident medical and…