What are the responsibilities and job description for the Urology Nurse Specialist position at Yale New Haven Health?
Job Summary
The RN in Emergency Care is responsible for assessing patient conditions, providing education to patients and families, and assisting healthcare providers with procedures. This role involves overseeing non-RN personnel, ensuring compliance with hospital protocols, and maintaining a sterile environment.
Responsibilities:
The RN in Emergency Care is responsible for assessing patient conditions, providing education to patients and families, and assisting healthcare providers with procedures. This role involves overseeing non-RN personnel, ensuring compliance with hospital protocols, and maintaining a sterile environment.
Responsibilities:
- Assess patient's physical and psychosocial condition on an ongoing basis throughout the continuum of care.
- Provide education to patients and family members, documenting plan provided, patient understanding, and outcomes.
- Assist healthcare providers with intra-office procedures, maintaining a sterile field and complying with Universal Protocol.
- Perform nursing duties, including physical, pain, and psychosocial assessments, documentation, vital signs, bladder scan, Uroflow, catheter insertion and removal, medication administration, and Point of Care Testing (POCT).
- Function as preceptor to new staff and charge nurse, meeting performance expectations for Customer Service, Teamwork, Resource Utilization, and Staff and Self Development.
