Registered Nurse - Care

Position: Registered Nurse - Care at Home
Day (United States of America)

Registered Nurse - Care at Home

The Registered Nurse plans, organizes, and directs home care services and is experienced in nursing with emphasis on community health education/experience. The professional nurse builds from the sources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of individuals and families within their homes and communities.

* Current Florida Nursing License required

* Must have at least one (1) years experience in home health care or the acute care setting

* Nursing staff education experience preferred.

* Demonstrated effective organization and time management skills.

* Demonstrated ability/possession of interpersonal skills.

* Demonstrated excellent knowledge of current nursing and patient care practices and the ability to learn and teach new concepts.

* Demonstrated ability to apply nursing theories and trends appropriately in the clinical setting.

Admits patient to service per established procedure:

* Completes an initial assessment of patient and family to determine home care needs.

* Evaluates home environment to assure services can be safely provided in the home

* Obtains a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness.

* Advises patient of rights on initial visit.

* Includes the patient and the family in the planning process.

* Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis

* Develops a plan of care, which establishes goals based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing actions.

* Initiates the plan of care and makes necessary revisions as patient status and needs change.

* Furnishes services requiring substantial and specialized nursing skill through the initiation of appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.

* Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician.

* Completes start-of-care and comprehensive assessments, and updates, within established time frames.

* Maintains the electronic clinical record for each patient receiving nursing care.

* Regularly re-evaluates patient's nursing needs.

* Revises plan of care based on changes in physician orders.

* Provides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan of care.

* Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs.

* Completes start-of-care and comprehensive assessments, and updates, (including a drug regimen review) within established time frames.

* Identifies discharge planning needs as part of the care plan development and implements prior to discharge of the patient.

* Acts as Case Manager in all cases involving nursing or both nursing and therapy care when assigned by Clinical Supervisor and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload.

* Documents case conferences to demonstrate that effective interchange, reporting and coordination of patient care took place.

* Instructs, supervises and evaluates home health aide care provided every two (2) weeks.

* Maintains accepted standards of productivity.