Registered Nurse; RN

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Covenant has a beautiful 400-acre campus that stretches atop Lookout Mountain, Georgia, on the Georgia/Tennessee border, just outside of Chattanooga. The community is a hub of vibrant cultural, educational, business, high-tech, and entertainment activity and is an affordable place to live or raise a family. The campus enjoys incredible vistas of the Smoky Mountains and the Cumberland Plateau with views that span across several states.

The region is widely known as an outdoor recreational paradise for campers, boaters, cyclists, climbers, cavers, and hikers, all this while being conveniently located within two hours of Atlanta, Nashville, and Knoxville.

The Registered Nurse provides nursing care and health services to Covenant College students, faculty, and staff through Health Services. This position performs patient intake and assessment; administers medications and performs onsite testing as ordered by the Family Nurse Practitioner; responds to urgent needs and emergencies on campus; evaluates isolation and quarantine needs during periods of contagious illness; and supports the Director of Health Services with health education programs for the college community.

• Performs intake measures of students, faculty, and staff who seek health services for acute or chronic illnesses (obtains chief complaint, current allergies/medications, takes vital signs, focused assessment, and documents findings into patient EMR and updates PMH as needed).
• Evaluates and assesses assigned patients and recommends over-the-counter medications, if necessary, using Health Services Policies and Procedure Manual.
• Consults or refers patients to clinic Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) as necessary or to other health care clinics if FNP is not available.
• Assists FNP during exams and/or procedures as needed. Performs various patient tests onsite such as rapid Strep, flu test, Covid-19, urinalysis, etc., and performs venipuncture for lab tests that are ordered, and completes the requisition process to Quest Laboratory.
• Administers medications as ordered by FNP within the scope of practice of the Registered Nurse. Assists with calling in Rx. medications, as ordered.
• Promotes patients' independence by establishing patient care goals and teaching patients to understand conditions, medications, and self-care skills. Responds to urgent needs or emergencies on Covenant campus in a timely manner, as made aware of incidents. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals; refers to clinic FNP, urgent care, outside agency, or emergency room as needed. Calls 911 if necessary.
• Evaluates need for isolation or quarantine, when necessary, during periods of contagious illness such as influenza, Covid-19, etc. Provides affected students with verification notes to validate the time he/she was under the care of Health Services.
• Assists the Director of Health Services in planning and administering health education programs to raise the college community's health awareness. Provides students with health and wellness information about a wide variety of topics, including nutrition, stress management, etc. May meet and confer with faculty and staff to develop and evaluate health education programs and services which address identified areas of student need.
  
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