Core Competencies

• Address basic human needs in a respectful and caring manner, and documents interventions in EMR
  
  
• Adheres to Infection prevention
  
  
• Adheres to policies, procedures, and standards of practice to deliver safe and optimal care
  
  
• Communicates effectively with the patient, family, and medical staff during the continuum of care
  
  
• Complies with Joint Commission’s national patient safety goals
  
  
• Complies with organizational quality dashboard/benchmarking goals
  
  
• Establishes priorities to carry out an established care plan according to patient needs
  
  
• Identifies common variables affecting patient care and follows reporting process
  
  
• Maintains cooperative working relationships with members of the hospital team
  
  
• Maintains regulatory compliance consistent with quality standards and ethical obligations of the profession
  
  
• Participates in activities in alignment with the Magnet Model
  
  
• Participates in organizational activities
  
  
• Participates in professional development activities
  
  
• Performs as a preceptor in an active and engaged manner
  
  
• Provides care within scope of practice as directed by other members of the healthcare team
  
  
• Re-enforces patient and family education under the direction of the RN throughout hospitalization
  
  
• Reinforces age-specific individualized care that supports protection from harm and complies with patient safety centered interventions/bundles
  
  
• Supports patient care within scope of a practice as directed by other
  members of the healthcare team
  
  
• Utilizes resources in an economical manner
  
  
• Utilizes Safe Patient Handling
  
  

Education

License / Certification Requirements