RN - IPU

JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Keep a positive attitude. Keep this organizations mission at the forefront of decisions.
• Maintain professionalism in all interactions with staff, patients, families and remember you are a representative of this organization.
• Uses the nursing process to establish a nursing care plan in accordance with established policies and standards of care.
• Provides high quality care to patients, works with families, relatives and/or other primary care persons to enable them to become dependable caregivers.
• Maintains records, reports and forms that are accurate, timely (24 hrs for admits/deaths visits), and contain quality content per documentation policies.
• Anticipates patient/family needs and utilizes the interdisciplinary team and community resources appropriately.
• Anticipates and initiates nursing interventions to prevent complications and alleviate symptoms of physical and psychological discomfort so an optimum quality of life may be maintained.
• Anticipates and meets emergency or crisis situations both physical and emotional.
• Teaches the patient and family re: the plan of care, its goals, and the implications of the diagnosis and prognosis.
• Interacts with all members of the interdisciplinary team and provides nursing aspects to help plan the total needs of the patient/family.

Education:

• Preferably a Bachelor of Science in nursing preparation.

Certification:

• Current Louisiana license.
• Current CPR certification.

Work Experience:

• At least two years of experience as a staff nurse in either an acute care setting (general medical-surgical, oncological, or geriatric) or home care setting.

Special Skills:

• Ability to assess and respond to needs of patients and families in the home
• Ability to work independently as well as on an interdisciplinary team.
• Supportive and sensitive to needs of patients and families, as well as other staff and volunteers.
• Able to cope with the emotional stress of patient, family and self that ensures when rendering nursing care to dying patients.
• Humanistic attitude toward patient/family care.
• Tolerant of individual lifestyles.

Other Requirements:

• Good physical assessment skills and computer skills.
• Good communication skills and techniques with facilities, patients, families, physicians, and office staff.
• Installation of company communication application on cellular device.
• Must be in good physical condition.