Core Competencies

• Adheres to infection prevention guidelines

• Adheres to policies, procedures, and standards of practice to deliver safe and optimal care

• Assesses patient history, physiological, and psychosocial status

• Communicates with the patient, family, medical staff and others during the continuum of care

• Complies with Joint Commission’s national patient safety goals

• Complies with organizational quality dashboard/benchmarking goals

• Interprets common variables affecting patient care and follows reporting process

• 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 Peer Review

• Participates in professional development activities

• Performs as a preceptor in an active and engaged manner

• Provides age-specific individualized care that supports protection from harm and complies with patient safety centered interventions/bundles

• Provides patient and family education throughout the care of patient

• Uses critical thinking to formulate and carry out a care plan according to patient needs

• Utilizes resources in an economical manner

• Utilizes safe administration of medications

• Utilizes Safe Patient Handling

Department Specific Competencies

• Recognizes and manages vasovagal response to treatment.

• Assesses and differentiates types of chest and abdominal pain with appropriate intervention.

• Ensures diet is appropriate and restrictions (food and fluid) are followed.

• Provides activity/rest as appropriate to patient condition, disease process.

• Ensures a safe environment for staff and patients

• Discharge planning= early assessment of need for home durable equipment, follow-up with home health or possible rehab or ECF.

• Keeps patients clean and turned appropriately.

• Ensures durable equipment is provided to the patient to promote independent functioning.

• Manages hematomas in A-line puncture sites.

• Correlates disease process to drug therapies to manage patients with hyper/hypotension, fluid overload, pump failure, dysrhythmias.

• Maintains IV access on all patients.

• Reinforces follow up care with physicians ie, blood drug levels, M.D. appointments.

• Implements protocols requiring higher level expertise: eg, ACLS code management.

• Works with medical director and leadership team to improve and develop program to improve outcomes.

• Provides assistance with complex discharge planning in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Team to develop a safe, realistic and timely discharge plan.

Education

Experience

License / Certification Requirements

Compensation Range

$48.66 - $78.11 / Hour