RN Mother Baby NIGHTS

Description

The Staff RN uses the nursing process to deliver nursing care to a given patient care population as it relates to the care setting. Nursing care is based on the interpretation and execution of the medical and nursing plan of treatment utilizing established procedures standards and protocols of individuals within the assigned work shift. The Staff RN provides nursing care to the population served in the unit.

• Adheres to infection prevention guidelines
• Adheres to policies, procedures, and standards of practice to deliver safe and optimal care
• Assesses patient history, physiological, and psychosocial status
• Communicates with the patient, family, medical staff and others during the continuum of care
• Complies with Joint Commission’s national patient safety goals
• Complies with organizational quality dashboard/benchmarking goals
• Interprets common variables affecting patient care and follows reporting process
• Maintains regulatory compliance consistent with quality standards and ethical obligations of the profession
• Participates in activities in alignment with the Magnet Model
• Participates in organizational activities
• Participates in Peer Review
• Participates in professional development activities
• Performs as a preceptor in an active and engaged manner
• Provides age-specific individualized care that supports protection from harm and complies with patient safety centered interventions/bundles
• Provides patient and family education throughout the care of patient
• Uses critical thinking to formulate and carry out a care plan according to patient needs
• Utilizes resources in an economical manner
• Utilizes safe administration of medications
• Utilizes Safe Patient Handling

• Plans patient care in collaboration with the assigned Mother/Baby Nurse:
  Identifies breastfeeding problems, both real and potential
• Formulates desired outcomes in measurable terms that are specific and consistently communicated with other health care team members
• Communicates breastfeeding assessment and plan of care with bedside nurse to promote continuity
• Develops breastfeeding teaching plans for mothers/families
• Maintains competency in breastfeeding and Post Partum Depression Modules
• Provides expertise in development of policies and procedures related to care of breastfeeding mothers and infants:
  Assists mothers with proper positioning for breastfeeding
• Provides support and teaching for breastfeeding mothers
• Appropriately documents breastfeeding assessments and interventions in the medical record
• Develops and maintains an inpatient environment supportive of breastfeeding
• Bleeding Reduction:
  Postpartum Uterus – Limits the amount of blood loss from the postpartum uterus (SERVICE/ KNOWLEDGE/ STABILITY)
• Controls bleeding with medications as ordered and monitors its effects
• Prepares and supports a patient delivering a baby via cesarean section
• High Risk Pregnancy Care – Identifies and manages a high-risk pregnancy to promote healthy outcomes for mother and baby (SERVICE, KNOWLEDGE, EXCELLENCE)
• Infant Care, Preschooler care, school age care and adolescent care – Provide appropriate family centered care (SERVICE/EXCELLENCE/EDUCATION)
• Provides comprehensive care of the mother/infant dyad
• Infant Security – Management of the environment to promote infant security/safety including monitoring of the environment and parental education (SERVICE/STABILITY/EXCELLENCE)
• Assess mothers learning needs and provides newborn and post partum teaching utilizing the patient teaching folder, documents ongoing patient teaching
• Assists in transporting patients to appropriate departments post operatively and post procedure
• Neonate – administers emergency measures to support newborn adaptation to extra uterine life
• Demonstrates ability to identify safety issues for neonate, infant, child, adolescent, adult and geriatric patient. Issues include utilizing appropriate crib, youth bed, bed and side rails when necessary
• Appropriate selection of diversional activity (toy, TN, video games) is implemented utilizing developmental assessments
• Manages neonate during the transition to extra uterine life and subsequent period of stabilization
• Childbearing Family –…