Registered Nurse - Rehab

Job Summary

Promotes and restores patients' health by completing the nursing process; collaborating with physicians and intermultidisciplinary team members; providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families; delegate and evaluate care assigned to LPNs and CNAs to meet patient care needs.

• Identifies Patient Care Requirements
• By establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.
• Uses the nursing process as a framework to deliver care by establishing or contributing to a plan of care with the patient including a teaching plan, within 24 hours of admission
• establishing or contributing to prioritization of goals appropriate to the patient’s age and ability to learn
• estimated length of stay, medical diagnoses and discharge plan
• Identifying nursing care needs, writing nursing interventions and identifying educational objectives appropriate to care standards
• by reassessing and documenting the effectiveness of nursing actions and the patients progress toward goals as the patient’s condition changes
• by communicating the plan and patient progress to the interdisciplinary team
• delegating the plan of care to other licensed and unlicensed associates within their scope of practice.
• Establishes a Compassionate Environment
• By providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
• Promotes Patient's Independence
• educating patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self‑care skills
• answering questions by applying rehabilitation principles to patients served
• by demonstrating competence in providing age specific care to pediatric patients, adult patients and geriatric patients.
• Assures Quality of Care
• By adhering to therapeutic standards
• measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards
• making or recommending necessary adjustments
• following hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, State Nurse Practice Act, and other governing agency regulations
• by participating in performance improvement activities
• by directing and assessing care provided to assigned patients by LPNs, Nursing Assistants, agency personnel, students and other associates.
• Resolves Patient Problems and Needs
• By utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies
• by utilizing established communication methods to ensure resolution of patient problems and needs
• by communicating patient status to the interdisciplinary team.
• Documents Patient Care Services
• By documenting delivery of services, changes in the patient’s condition and the patient’s response to nursing interventions in the medical record according to policies and procedures.
• Maintains Patient Confidence and Organizational Confidentiality
• By keeping information confidential.
• Maintains Safe and Clean Working Environment
• By complying with procedures, rules, and regulations
• calling for assistance from health care support personnel
• by maintaining a clean and safe unit environment
• keeping patient rooms, supply rooms and hallways free from clutter
• by complying with procedures, rules and regulations
• by adhering to infection control policies and procedures, medication administration and storage procedures and controlled substance regulations.
• By maintaining compliance with professional, regulatory and governmental standards of care.
• By demonstrating knowledge of responsibilities in an emergency situation (i.e., code blue, Dr. Wintergreen, etc.).
• Ensures Operation of Equipment
• By following manufacturer's instructions
• troubleshooting malfunctions
• entering work orders for equipment repairs
• evaluating new equipment and techniques.
• Demonstrates Financial Accountability
• anticipating needed supplies
• using equipment/supplies as needed to accomplish job results
• By minimizing overtime by work prioritization and delegation
• recognizes and complies with RN’s role in reimbursement for patient care services.
• By identifying and providing input to Nurse Managers on work methods that reduce the cost and/or time required to deliver patient care.
• By maintaining awareness of unit budget.
• Maintains Professional and…