RN Wound Ostomy

Overview

To provide expertise in the management of wound, ostomy, or skin care. Additionally, provides consultation to acute care patient care units
Qualifications

Certifications:

Licensed Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR);
Certified Wound and Ostomy Nurse (CWON) within 2 years - Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nursing Certification Board (WOCNCB)
Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nursing Certification Board (WOCNCB)
Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nursing Certification Board (WOCNCB);
Wound Care Certified (WCC) within 2 years - National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy (NAWCO)
National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy (NAWCO)
National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy (NAWCO);
Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days - American Heart Association (AHA)
American Heart Association (AHA)
American Heart Association (AHA),

Education:

College Diploma in Nursing

Work Experience:

Wound, ostomy, and skin care management;
Medical/surgical experience

Responsibilities

• Actively manages patient care correlating initial assessment, treatment course, and other services.

• Communicates patient care effectively.

• Contacts physicians/offices to clarify physician orders.

• Assess data reflective of the patient‘s status and interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient‘s educational requirements based on their age-specific needs and to provide the care needed.

• Ensures wound/ostomy/skin plan of care is understood by those in the continuum of care also providing patient services, i.e. Home Health, DME Company, and agencies in the continuum of patient care.

• Documents patient‘s response to interventions.

• Performs a thorough and accurate patient assessment to evaluate the patient‘s status, level of knowledge, determine readiness for education, plan and implement appropriate teaching strategies and assess the patient‘s response.

• Considers special patient needs when delivering nursing care.

• Evaluates patient/family cultural needs to promote comfort and compliance to prescribed regimens.

• Evaluates patient/family cognitive skills and adjusts education accordingly.

• Possesses knowledge and skills necessary to obtain adequate lab specimens for testing.

• Performs patient bedside lab testing and associated quality control in compliance with medical provider’s orders and hospital lab procedures/policies.

• Provides effective and quality wound care education and documentation to ensure optimal level of care.

• Maintains knowledge of skin care, wound, and ostomy trends, standards, and education.

• Demonstrates knowledge of required nursing care for individual procedures/treatments.

• Provides accurate patient education and discharge instructions.

• Facilitates product evaluation for ostomy and wound/skin care products.

• Works collaboratively with staff nurses.

• Utilizes the nursing process by assessing the learner and teaching situations, formulating a plan for teaching, providing the education directly or by assisting other staff, and evaluating the teaching process.

• Timely documents teaching efforts and outcome.

• Provides patient education.

• Documents patient care and any changes in patient‘s status thoroughly and accurately.

• Documents patient/family education and assessment of patient/family learning.

• Assesses patients/family to desired educational method and includes that delivery method in education.

• Keeps abreast with current methods, resources and industry trends for Professional growth.

• Identifies opportunities to improve patient, family, and staff teaching programs.

• Continues professional development.

• Demonstrates technical knowledge of equipment and supplies.

• Demonstrates knowledge of tests and procedures.

• Displays and maintains pharmacology knowledge.

• Reads current literature to maintain and develop knowledge base.

• Participates in education of other departmental and organizational personnel, as requested.

• Assists in development of new programs as requested.

• Participates actively to ensure activities are in…