REGISTERED NURSE - HOSPICE, PRN
Job Posting for REGISTERED NURSE - HOSPICE, PRN at Adoration Home Health and Hospice
- Completes an initial, comprehensive, and ongoing comprehensive assessment of patient and family to determine hospice needs
- Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es)
- Provides professional nursing care by utilizing all elements of nursing process
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Assesses and evaluates patient’s status by:
- Writing and initiating plan of care
- Regularly re-evaluating patient and family/caregiver needs
- Participating in revising the plan of care as necessary
- Initiates the plan of care and makes necessary revisions as patient status and needs change
- Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis
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Develops a care plan that establishes goals, based on nursing diagnosis, and incorporates palliative nursing actions
- Includes the patient and the family in the planning process
- Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures
- Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician in the physician’s plan of care
- Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs
- Provides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan
- Assists the patient with the activities of daily living and facilitates the patient’s efforts toward self-sufficiency and optional comfort care
- Acts as Case Manager when assigned by Clinical Supervisor and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload
Completes, maintains and=0 submits accurate and relevant clinical notes regarding patient’s condition and care given
Records pain/symptom management changes/outcomes as appropriate
Communicates with the physician regarding the patient’s needs and reports changes in the patient’s condition; obtains/receives physicians’ orders as required
Communicates with community health related persons to coordinate the care plan
Teaches the patient and family/caregiver self-care techniques as appropriate
Provides medication, diet and other instructions as ordered by the physician and recognizes and utilizes opportunities for health counseling with patients and families/caregivers
Works in concert with the interdisciplinary group
Provides and maintains a safe environment for the patient
Assists the patient and family/caregiver and other team members in providing continuity of care
Works in cooperation with the family/caregiver and hospice interdisciplinary group to meet the emotional needs of the patient and family/caregiver
Attends interdisciplinary group meetings
Participates in on-call duties as defined by the on-call policy
Ensures that arrangements for equipment and other necessary items and services
are availableSupervises ancillary personnel and delegates responsibilities when required
Assumes responsibility for personal growth and development and maintains and upgrades professional knowledge and practice skills through attendance and participation in continuing education and in-service classes
Fulfills the obligation of requested and/or accepted case assignments
Actively participates in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities
- Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing
- Current Registered Nurse licensure in State and American Heart Association CPR certification required; CPR certification may be offered and completed upon hire
- Bachelor’s degree preferred, with one (1) year of hospice experience preferred
- Management experience not required; Responsible for supervising hospice aides
- Excellent observation, verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, basic math skills; nursing skills per competency checklist
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