South Shore Health
RN Registered Nurse Emerson 3 Med Surg Geriatrics FT Nights
Weymouth, MA · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 12 hours ago
Patient CareResearchCritical Thinking
About the role
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- Completes medication reconciliation process following SSH policy and procedure. c.
Responsibilities
- Plan of care/Documentation/Patient Family Centered Care/Patient Experience Develops, discusses, and communicates a prioritized problem list/plan of care for each patient. a.
- Develop, evaluate and update individualized plan of care for patient and documents outcomes. b.
- Initiating admission assessment within 8 hours of admissions, identifies and documents patient/family/significant other teaching needs upon admission and throughout hospitalization. c.
- Documents all patient care following the department of nursing policy, unit based standards, disease processes (CHF, PNA vaccines) and nurse sensitive indicators (falls, skin, CAUTI) e.
- Assess/reassesses and documents patient's level of comfort utilizing the appropriate pain scale and the patient's response to each intervention both pharmacological and non-pharmacological per South Shore Hospital policy. f.
- Verifies patient identification with two identifiers prior to the start of any invasive procedure, including "time out", administration of care, medications, labeled specimen's an documents confirming the correct patient, procedure, site, equipment and consent. b.
- Maintains awareness of MSDS sheets and how to access. c.
- Professional Development: Assumes overall responsibility for own professional development by incorporating evidenced-based practice, research, and performance improvement initiatives as a part of ongoing nursing practice. a.
Requirements
- Demonstrates knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for administering, transcribing, and recording medications. b.
- Utilizes software applications required by department and unit standards. c.
Compensation
- Obtains at least 5 contact hours per year in area of practice. b.
Benefits
- Access Lotus Notes to review email, learning management and other resources as applicable to RN role. b.
- Complies with the mandatory education requirements of the compliance, privacy and security programs.
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