Nurse Educator Job Raleigh area,North Carolina USA,Nursing

Responsibilities

Regularly facilitates and/or conducts required training classes with all Nursing Services staff.

Works closely with the CNO, DON/ADON and Nursing Supervisors to review current education and training needs.

Recommends improvements to training programs as needed or as identified.

Provides ongoing RN Nursing Education to staff on a variety of topics as directly relates to performance improvement initiatives, Joint Commission and other State or Federal Regulatory Agency standards/requirements.

Provides feedback to the Performance Improvement Committee, reporting staff education and recommendations for improvements.

Works in collaborative manner with the Infection Control Nurse to identify and assist in training as needed.

Researches current best practices among other institutions/facilities to ensure hospital is providing most recent and best practices with respect to staff education and training.

Meets with all new Nursing staff new employees to ensure a complete orientation to Nursing Services.

Nursing Responsibilities

Assists as needed in the Care Center Department and/or Nursing Units, participating in screening patients for admission into hospital programs, utilizing pre-approved admissions criteria.

Provide assessments of incoming patient’s mental health/psychiatric condition.

Prepare written reports of assessment results and prepares recommendations for the level of care and treatment needs.

Participates in Treatment Team meetings as needed.

Specific Standards for the Care of Children Patients ages 5 through 11

Maintains knowledge of the child program rules, protocols and handbook guidelines.

Maintains knowledge of children stages of development and seeks guidance from the therapy staff and the nurse in charge.

Assesses patients for behaviors consistent with the developmental stages and makes note of any deviations in behavior.

Recognizes acting out behavior of adolescent specific age group and sets appropriate limits in clear, concise, behavioral and non-judgmental terms based on the ages of patient.

Demonstrates an awareness of learning disabilities and translates treatment/program expectations to the learning disabled adolescent.

Relates to adolescent patients in an age appropriate manner.

Understands and uses seclusion & restraints procedures with an understanding of the need for modification in regard to smaller body sizes of adolescents, abandonment issues and the history of physical and/or sexual abuse issues.

Specific Standards for the Care of Adolescent Patients ages 12 through 18

Maintains knowledge of the Adolescent Program rules, protocols and handbook guidelines.

Assesses patients for behaviors consistent with the developmental stages and makes note of any deviations in behavior.

Recognizes acting out behavior of adolescent specific age group and sets appropriate limits in clear, concise, behavioral and non-judgmental terms based on the ages of patient.

Demonstrates an awareness of learning disabilities and translates treatment/program expectations to the learning disabled adolescent.

Relates to adolescent patients in an age appropriate manner.

Uses seclusion & restraints procedures with an understanding of the need for modification in regard to smaller body sizes of adolescents, abandonment issues and the history of physical and/or sexual abuse issues.

Acts as a resource to other staff in regard to the adolescent patient programs.

Specific Standards for the Care of Adult Patients Ages 18 through 64

Gather information from the patient, family and interdisciplinary team and use judgements based on knowledge of adult behaviors in treatment planning and interventions.

Recognize behaviors and set appropriate limits in clear, concise, behaviors and non-judgmental terms.

Utilize seclusion/restraint procedures applicable to adult body size and past history of violent or emotional behaviors.

Maintain current knowledge of the Adult Program rules, protocols and handbook guidelines.

Utilize theoretical concepts to guide the effective practice of adult care within Specific Standards of Care for this age group.

Specific Standards for the Care of Geriatric Patients Ages 65 and older

Maintain a knowledge of the developmental tasks and sociological theories of aging.

Utilize theoretical concepts to guide the effective practice of gerontological health care and behavioral care.

Gather the appropriate information from the patient, family and interdisciplinary team and use therapeutic judgements based on knowledge of gerontological…