Graduate Nurse with a ADN in Nursing from Midlands Technical College. Applies nursing process and performs delegated functions. Collaborates with patient and family to offer theory-based nursing care and coordinates care delivery with members of interdisciplinary team.
•Provided empathetic care & support services to 10+ patients, the nursing unit, & the professional team ensuring the continuum of all services and care.
•Worked with a multidisciplinary healthcare team to deliver compassionate care to patients, delivered care and support services to patients, nursing units, and professional staff
•Provided skin care including bedside baths and perineal care to 10+ patients
•Monitored and recorded patients’ vital signs while accurately & promptly noting any changes related to their overall wellness & health.
•Forecasts daily staffing requirements using variable staffing plans
•Adjusts staffing assignments daily as directed by SST Nurse Manager, Administrative Coordinator or SST Coordinator
•Updates staffing plan continuously throughout the shift, utilizing both SST and agency personnel to flex staffing to meet forecast requirements
•Notifies nursing units and SST resources of changes to assignments (calling staff in and calling staff off based on census and acuity needs.
•Assigns clinical and non-clinical patient observers to sit with patients requiring 24-hour observation
•Gathers and posts data to various records, forms and data bases
•Assists in the development and maintenance of departmental reports. Reports includes core staff reassignment float log, monthly/weekly unfilled needs report, staffing board report, projected weekly staff report and daily available staffing report sheet
•Performs clerical duties in support of specific department functions such as typing memos and reports, ordering office supplies, filing, etc
•Coordinates and prepares documentation for evaluations
•Receives and records hospital wide call-ins for RNs, Support Staff and Unit Secretaries
•Prepares daily system wide call-in log and weekly and monthly call-in reports
•Assists the SST Coordinator with Time and Attendance and Kronos reporting for the SST employees as needed.
Moultrie Suite at Prisma Health Heart Hospital
Collaborates with other healthcare professionals & the multidisciplinary team to plan, manage & assess patient treatments in the acute care unit with a 20-bed capacity.
Assessment:
• Monitor 4 assigned patients, updating information on telemetry, vital signs & progress of treatment.
• Performs nursing assessment using critical thinking skills to assess & plan care for heart failure patients.
• Identifies patient’s problems/needs and set priorities, identifies problems requiring further referral and/or follow-up; interprets & records latest
• Documents data related to patients’ care, including assessment results, interventions, medications, patient responses, or treatment changes to ensure proper care documentation.
• Administer blood transfusions or IV infusions, monitoring patients for adverse reactions.
• Uses critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions
Planning Care:
Develops a plan of care based on nursing process and which incorporates the plans of other disciplines and continuing care needs; including the patient/family in developing or revising the plan of care; makes referrals to multidisciplinary support services under the direct supervision of the licensed RN.
• Explains nursing procedures; provides discharge teaching; identifies emergency situations and independently initiates advanced therapy; acts as an advocate and coordinator of patient care with other health care personnel and evaluates patient care measures instituted.
• Demonstrates & understand respect for patient rights and utilizes established mechanisms for management of ethical issues in patient care under the direct supervision of the licensed RN.
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