Job Title: Registered Nurse - Primary CareLocation: Oswego, NYDuration: 8 WeeksOnsite: Days Shift, Monday - FridayHours: 40 hours per week (8*5)Pay Range: $50 - $51/hrJob Description:
- Plans, provides, and evaluates patient care as a member of the Health Care Team, strictly adhering to principals of asepsis and infection control guidelines when performing patient care.
- Collaborates with MD/NP in the development of the Plan of Care.
- Assesses individual patient and/or family learning needs and institutes teaching methods to enhance pre-illness functioning or continuation of preventive health care needs.
- Regularly assesses nursing care, identifies potential problems, develops nursing interventions, and directs implementation of nursing interventions to all health care team members.
- Performs telephone triage, and elicits enough information from patients to wisely assess which of those calls need immediate attention and which can wait for an appropriate length of time.
- Delegates staff assignments and responsibilities effectively; Assumes responsibility for leadership position within department; identifies and appropriately uses chain of command to resolve unit, staff, and patient problems.
- Administers medication in accordance with policies, procedures, and standards of care.
- Prepares and administers medications via all acceptable routes, including appropriate documentation with knowledge of all medications administered.
- Correctly Identifies reactions to drugs; records and reports reactions appropriately.
- Maintains sample medications as per policy and procedure.
- Maintains and uses log books, forms, and computer programs required in unit operations.
- Correctly transcribes and implements all physician orders per policy and procedure.
- Records all pertinent information on the patient's medical records, according to policy and procedure in a clear, accurate, and concise manner.
- Identifies and correlates abnormal diagnostic data with patient status, reports, and records appropriately.
- Uses computer programs as necessary, including All MEDS, per policy and procedure.
- Regularly checks equipment and emergency box/cart per unit-specific policy.
- Maintains proper level of stock (medications/supplies) as the unit requires.
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