Advanced Practice Registered Nurse - Orthopedics - Full Time

Core Job Functions

The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse ("APRN") delivers patient-family centered care in a culturally competent and compassionate manner, utilizing and promoting evidence-based standards of quality, safety, and service while ensuring population-specific patient care. The APRN provides and directs hands-on care to patients, practicing within the Scope of Practice of the Florida Board of Nursing requirements, standards of care, and institutional policies and procedures.

Within this role, the APRN performs all steps of the care process and monitors the quality of care provided. The APRN demonstrates expertise and mastery towards patient care, providing care within the philosophy, mission, and objectives of the health system. The APRN delivers care that supports the UHealth mission to be a state-of-the-art academic medical center by participating in transforming patient care through innovative research.

Provides overall care with loving kindness. Uses creative problem-solving to meet the individual needs and requests of patients. Helps support the hope and faith of patients cared for. Is responsive to patient readiness to learn when they are taught something new. Is respectful of individual patient spiritual beliefs and practices. Creates an environment for the patient that helps them heal physically and spiritually.

Establishes a helping-trusting relationship with the patients during their treatment period. Responds to each patient as a whole person, helping to care for their needs and concerns. Encourages patients to speak honestly about their feelings, no matter what their feelings are.

Contributes concise, constructive feedback in the provision of care to other staff and leadership. Assumes responsibility and delegates to appropriate personnel and follows up to ensure completion. Serves as a clinical role model, mentor, and/or preceptor. Teaches others, suggests process improvements, provides evidence-based practice suggestions, coaches others to improve, support changes, and recognizes contribution of others. Participates and/or leads committees and task forces as they advance in expertise.

Creates and maintains a climate conducive to healing through being present to the patient and family. leads and collaborates with the care team in identifying and managing discomforts; providing emotional support and information; guiding the patient and family through phases of illness and recovery/passage to death in accordance with the patient's goals and culture. Mobilizes the patient's strengths and abilities towards participation in recovery and control over plan of care.

Obtains accurate and relevant assessment data and interprets the data as normal vs. abnormal. Determines diagnosis. Modifies patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions, and collaborates with physicians and other team members. Plans and Collaborates with the patient, family, and members of health care team to develop an Implements individualized plan of care including discharge planning. Implements medical Therapeutic interventions safely.

Performs appropriate patient tests and safely administers Interventions medications within the scope of practice. Administers and maintains accurate records related to medications and treatments as per regulatory bodies, policies, and procedures. Evaluates effectiveness of interventions and monitors patient for adverse responses and side effects. Utilizes available technology platforms for telehealth encounters. Initiates and leads the development of policies, procedures, protocols standards of care;

examines and questions treatment to determine if they are within best practice.

Assesses a patient's and family's learning needs and readiness to learn. Teaches needed information for self-care and illness management and prevention. Adjusts information and expectations based on responses from patient, developmental levels, physiological and psychological condition, and cultural variations while addressing and meeting thenneeds of any language barriers that may be present.

Rapidly grasps problem situations and responds quickly and appropriately. Identifies the need for and activates emergency protocols. Serves as a transformational leader in assisting others to adapt to changing work demands and environment. Anticipates possible problems and assists leadership in the development of contingency plans.

Monitors own practices and assists in monitoring and evaluating others for practices related to patient and employee safety and compliance to standards and policies. Looks for opportunities for continual improvement in patient care and the work environment. Adheres to University, departmental and unit-level policies and…