RN - Behavioral Health - 2NW - Days

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse assesses, plans, directs, implements, and assists to provide quality patient care for assigned patients.

Essential Job Functions Accountabilities

• Plans, assesses, directs, implements and provides quality patient care for assigned patients to include modifying nursing care, medication administration and discharge planning.
• Provides education directed towards individualized patient needs utilizing the nursing process in coordination with policies and procedures.
• Monitors changes in patient condition to include recording and reporting symptoms, assessing vital signs and intervening when appropriate.
• Performs complete data collection from patient presenting complaints and pertinent history.
• Collaborates with patients to identify treatment plan goals, and discharges patients as appropriate with a written discharge plan.
• Encourages family participation as appropriate for age and situation.
• Delivers nursing care to patients including assessment and planning of education directed towards identified knowledge deficits, treatment, pain management, and discharge utilizing the nursing process.
• Documents accurately in medical records, on forms, and in the computer entering appropriate orders, patient charges, and or other information, meeting standards, policy, and procedures.
• Delivers quality care by using multi-disciplinary team strategies and minimizing the risk of infection, harm, or injury.
• Maintains accurate detailed reports and records and directs care with regard to age and developmental stage, presenting complaint, and pertinent history.
• Works at maintaining a good rapport and a cooperative working relationship with physicians, departments, staff, patients, and visitors.
• Anticipates deteriorating life sign patterns or equipment malfunctions and takes appropriate action.
• Modifies patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.
• Collaborates with patient care team members on patient care plan, incorporating consistent use of hand-off communication.
• Conducts and coordinates patient care and patient transfers in accordance with EMTALA regulations, as applicable.
• Performs additional department-specific functions as outlined in department procedures.
• Job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and may be subject to change with or without notice.
• Staff are expected to perform other duties as assigned.