RN - Med/Surg
Summary
Provide quality patient care in a Medical/Surgical unit using the nursing process, ensuring safety and documentation for patients across all age groups.
Primary Purpose: To provide quality Patient care following the standards using the nursing process in order to maintain a safe environment to provide patient and family education and to provide proper documentation for billing. Performs other duties as assigned.
Formal Policy-Setting Responsibilities: No formal responsibility. The policies associated with the job’s purpose and essential responsibilities are set by others.
Routine Decision Making: Alterations in patient assessment; determines patient educational requirements; determines when to contact the provider.
Formal Supervisory Responsibility: No formal supervisory responsibility.
Unusual Working Conditions: Risk of blood, body fluid contamination. Risk of injury related to poor body mechanics. Risk for injury from aggressive, combative or disoriented patients. Potential exposure to hazardous drugs and chemicals.
Age Specific Competencies: May provide care for birth to pediatric (birth-2 yrs.), pediatric/child patients between (2 yrs-12 yrs.); adolescent patients between 12 to 18 years of age; adult patients between 18 to 64 years; and geriatric patients 65 years and older.