Staff nurse

Job Description

1. Receives nursing reports from the incumbent shift
2. Performs patient assessment (head to toe) and apply the nursing process in dealing or attending to patient needs such as assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention and evaluation.
3. Performs non invasive hemodynamic monitoring
4. Admits patient and helps the nursing assistant on the preparation for the admission such as setting up the cardiac monitors, infusion pumps, suction machines and bedside needs
5. Collaborates with the doctors on the intervention needed by the patient
6. Makes referrals on patient ever changing condition to ACOD’s and AP’s
7. Gives medication as ordered and make medication cards
8. Makes request to different departments like lab requests, radiology request, heart station and pulmonary as ordered by the physician.
9. Conducts continuous assessment and monitoring of patient and do critical judgment
10. Documents all procedures done, assessment and intervention according to acceptable standard of nursing practice
11. Carry out doctors order of attending physician
12. Does intravenous insertion as IV therapy nurse
13. Does various nursing procedures such as suctioning
14. Monitors vital signs of patients and input and output and refer if needed
15. Secures waivers for DAMA and DNR on a daily basis after proper explanation was done.
16. Discharge patient according to hospital policy and complete discharge notification instruction and makes necessary charges to patients
17. Helps in setting up ventilators and do adjustment on its settings as ordered
18. Performs peritoneal dialysis and handle post kidney transplant patients, post craniotomy patients, mechanically ventilated patients, cardiac patients and the like.
19. Attends to CODE 98 and performs nursing functions as assigned.
20. Coordinates with other department like admitting, other stations on patient transfer or discharge
21. Gives nursing reports to receiving dept. and assures patient safety during transfer
22. Completes the needed forms
23. Compliance on hospital policies and procedures and programs
24. Coordinates with ACOD’s when patient request for transfer to other institution
25. Prepares documents needed for transfer
26. Assists the doctor in monitoring the patient during conduction
27. Performs post mortem care or baptism to unbaptized neonates
28. Informs guard on duty on transfer of cadaver to morgue
29. Logs information in the corresponding logbook like admission, discharge and request
30. Arranges charts according to medical records policy and submits the charts to admitting dept/benefits section
31. Makes ambulance arrangements
32. Establishes communication between the patient and the persons with whom the patient comes into contact
33. Gives update to the family members on the patients status in scope of nurses
34. Provides spiritual support when necessary
35. Maintains unit records on necessary clinical and other data requested for statistical analysis
36. Maintains confidentiality in patient, family, staff and all hospital matters
37. Establishes good working relationships with all other employees on the unit and in the hospital
38. Ensures that all unit policies and procedures and work instructions are current and readily available

Qualifications/Requirements

Registered Nurse

with or without experience

Work location

SANTO TOMAS, BATANGAS

Remarks

No additional remarks

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