Behavioral Health Rounding Nurse; RN - Duke Regional Hospital

Behavioral Health Rounding Nurse (RN) - Duke Regional Hospital

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• Relocation Assistance (based on eligibility)

The Behavioral Health Rounding Nurse (BHRN) provides support and education to nursing staff to optimize care for patients with a wide variety of behavioral needs in non‑Behavioral Health locations, including the medical and surgical floors, Clinical Decision Unit (CDU), Obstetrics (L&D, 4‑3), Critical Care Unit (CCU), and the Duke Rehabilitation Institute (DRI, 7‑3). They are considered the first‑line respondent for behavioral concerns in non‑behavioral health settings for both emergent and routine issues.

One way to think of the BHRN is as an adaptation of the ENIT (Early Nurse Intervention Team) Nurse. While the ENIT provides bedside access to staff specializing in managing medical emergencies and proactively intervening in patients with changes in medical conditions, the BHRN has an analogous role in behavioral emergencies and changes in behaviors.

The BHRN is both a member of the Nursing staff, as well as a member of the Psychiatry Consultation‑Liaison team (alongside the Psychiatrist and Behavioral Health Case Manager), and functions as a liaison between the two. The support and education they provide is through various interventions, including proactively rounding on certain at‑risk patient populations; responding to consultation requests from nursing through a Behavioral Health Nurse consult order;

leading Behavioral Emergency Responses; and offering spontaneous education and support during rounding. The BHRN may recommend Interdisciplinary Behavioral Rounds for optimizing care on specific patients with behavioral needs. Some additional, non‑clinical responsibilities of the BHRN include completing suicide screening, restraint audits as well as restraints education.

• Plan, provide, supervise and document professional nursing care utilizing the nursing process for patients in accordance with physician orders and established policies and procedures. Use professional nursing judgment to individualize the plan of care based on assessment of the patient’s baseline needs and response to care.
• Delegate tasks and supervise the activities of other licensed and unlicensed care providers.
• Assist other nursing personnel in the delivery of nursing care and act as team leader or charge nurse for a group of patients or an entire unit as assigned.
• Monitor and initiate corrective action to maintain the environment of care including equipment and material resources.
• Participate in own professional development by maintaining required competencies, identifying learning needs and seeking appropriate assistance or educational offerings.
• Act as preceptor and support the development of other staff and formal learners.
• Participate in the identification of clinical or operational performance improvement opportunities and in performance improvement activities.
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

• Work requires graduation from an…