GI RN

CASS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERDepartment Name: GI/Pain

Title:

GI/Pain RNEEOC Classification:
Professional/Non-Exempt Dimension and Description Primary

Purpose:

To provide quality patient care while following all standards of care and maintaining a safe environment for both inpatients and outpatients who are receiving a variety of specialty services and provide proper documentation.

Formal Policy-Setting Responsibilities:
Formally responsible for making recommendations regarding policies associated with the job's purpose and essential responsibilities.

Routine Decision Making:
Determine appropriate protocols; procedures, drugs, pre-procedure testing and equipment for each patient based on assessment; achievement of adequate sedation and when to reverse; determine appropriate family/patient education.

Formal Supervisory Responsibility:
No formal supervisory responsibility.

Required Knowledge:
Knowledge of intravenous sedation; special procedures; instruments and equipment; medications; actions and adverse reactions; cardiac rhythms; airway maintenance; nursing process; insurance requirements; standards of care; JCAHO requirements.

Required Skills and Ability:
Assessment; good communication; troubleshoot; monitoring equipment; time management skills; clinical skills.

Unusual

Working Conditions:

Risk of blood, body fluid contamination.

Education and Certification/ Registration required for the Position:
Two to four-year RN degree; currently licensed in the state of Missouri; BLS required, ACLS recommended.

Age Specific

Competencies:

Provides care for birth to pediatric (birth-2 yrs.), pediatric/child patients between (2 years-12 years); adolescent patients between 12 to 18 years of age; adult patients between 18 to 64 years; and geriatric patients 65 years and older.

Essential Responsibilities and Tasks Assesses, Plans, implements and evaluates patients receiving high risk specialty procedures. (40% of the time)
Performs pre-procedure interviews per paper/computer correctly on all patients receiving class I and II invasive procedures, evaluates the information obtained, and formulates a plan of care prior to the patient procedure.

Identifies the patients using two patient identifiers prior to the procedure 100% of the time.

Performs a comprehensive nursing assessment on patients receiving class I and class II invasive procedures and documents completely including appropriate signatures, times and dates. Revises plan of care as indicated from the assessment.

Interprets physiological information from technical equipment, on each patient and applies this information to the plan of care.

Documents the findings from all assessments, evaluations and implementations on the patient record where, when, and how daily.

Reports all critical abnormal assessments and lab values to the physician, per hospital policy and implements further orders immediately and documents details on the patient record.

Utilizes AIDET (acknowledge, introduce, duration, explain and thank) initiatives to include managing up with each patient.

Utilizes only approved abbreviations in patient documentation.

Provides patient education. (25% of the time)
Evaluates patient learning ability and motivational levels. Implements alternative learning measures, as evidenced by patient or caregiver verbalization or return demonstrations, as documented on the patient record i.e.; effectively communicates.

Effectively communicates discharge instructions to patient and responsible party at the time of discharge, per departmental discharge policy.

Explains all procedures and medications to patients prior to implementation.

Maintains a safe and comfortable environment. (25% of the time)
Removes malfunctioning equipment from unit immediately upon discovering problem.

Complete requisition for repair or malfunctioning equipment by the end of shift.

Cleans and stocks supplies within the department, as needed.

Effectively communicates the plan of care on each patient to ancillary departments, case management and pharmacy staff as indicated by the orders received, patient diagnosis or condition.

Ensures all required documents are on the chart prior to going into the procedure room (H&P,Check One, informed consent, test results if applicable).Evaluates the effectiveness of the communication, as evidenced by the preparedness of the patient and takes appropriate actions, including notifying performing physician.

Demonstrates thorough knowledge of location, care and operation of all departmental equipment.

Accurately records, handles and labels specimens; demonstrates care of specimens.

Ensures alarms on any assigned area are audible to alert staff.

Checks code blue carts each shift and upon using the cart, ensuring it has an intact tag attached.

Fully responsible for care of scopes when working in the procedure/decontamination rooms including cleaning, processing and storage.

Follows written procedure for high level disinfection (HLD); knows responsibilities and the necessity for chemical monitoring.

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