Registered Nurse - PT

Purpose of the Position
 
The purpose of the Registered Nurse is to perform registered nursing services at the Sauk County Health Care Center.
 
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
 

• Promote or restore resident's health by completing the nursing process and collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members.

• Provide physical and psychological support to residents and their families.

• Promote resident’s independence by establishing a resident centered model approach to all aspects of nursing care.

• Assure quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards of practice; measuring health outcomes against resident’s goals and standards; following nursing home’s philosophy and standards of care set by the state board of nursing, state nurse practice act and any other governing agency.

• Administer prescribed treatments and medications to residents by all approved routes while monitoring for resident’s physical and mental response to medications and treatments.

• Assist with admission of new residents by determining resident’s special nursing needs and assigns tasks to Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) as appropriate.

• Provide assistance and guidance to nursing assistants on procedures, treatments, and equipment.  Evaluate CNAs work performance and completes performance evaluations.  Recommend subordinates' discipline/discharge.

• Accompany physicians on medical rounds and update physicians regarding resident’s medical conditions.

• Document resident information into the Electronic Charting System (ECS) to provide continuity of care and will also enter information into the Minimum Data Set (MDS) system as needed and/or requested.

• Assist in developing resident care plans and assures adherence by the interdisciplinary team on a daily basis.

• Record weekly and/or monthly, resident progress or change in condition in order to maintain resident's clinical record.

• Monitor and record vital signs.  Records resident procedures, treatments and medications as required by state and federal regulations.

• Assist residents with transfers, repositioning, and other ADLs, and help to answer call lights on the unit in a timely manner.

• Prepare accident/incident reports for residents and staff.

• Participate in in-service training to maintain knowledge of current facility, state and federal regulations and requirements.

• Assure policy and procedure adherence by staff of facility.

• Transcribe physician orders.

• Order and stock pharmaceutical supplies and medication.

• Account for narcotics and resident money and valuables.

• And other duties as assigned.
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• Maintain all relevant certifications.

• Knowledge of current nursing standards of practice.

• To manage, direct, teach, control, counsel, mediate, convince and persuade others.

• Advisory data and information such as physician’s orders, medical charts, drug reference manuals, medical books, lab reports, incident/accident reports, care plans, admission and discharge forms for residents, x-ray reports, various manuals, ordinances, laws, statutes, and routine and non-routine correspondence.

• Verbally and in writing with physicians, residents, residents’ families, nursing staff, therapists, psychologists, and social worker.

• Explain, demonstrate, and clarify to others established policies, procedures, and standards.

• Computer skills, such as word processing and spreadsheets.

• Calculating percentages, fractions, decimals, volume, ratios, and spatial relationships, and interpreting basic descriptive statistical reports.

• Analyze data and information using established criteria to define consequences and consider and select alternatives.

• Compare, count, differentiate, measure, sort, classify, compute, tabulate, and/or categorize data and/or information.

• Assemble, copy, record, and transcribe data and/or information.

• Apply functional and situational reasoning by exercising judgement, decisiveness, and creativity in everyday routine and non-routine situations.

• Use fine and gross motor skills to perform tasks such as operating a syringe, one touch glucometer, nebulizer, feeding pumps, nasal tubes, otoscope, sphygmomanometer, IV pump, and computer keyboard.

• Exert effort in moderate work, such as lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, stooping, crouching, crawling, climbing, balancing, and standing for long periods of time.

• Recognize and identify degrees of similarity and differences between characteristics of colors, forms, sounds, odors, textures, etc. associated with objects, materials, and ingredients.