Staff RN - Wound Care Per Diem Days
Employment Type : Full-Time
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.
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;The Staff RN participates in activities such as but not limited to: triaging consults, rounding on the nursing units for quality assurance, assessing wounds and staging pressure injuries, implementing wound care treatments and protocols, evaluating effectiveness of treatment plans, providing teaching to staff and patients/families regarding wounds and ostomy care.
Core Competencies
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
Department Specific Competencies
Provides wound and ostomy care for those patients assigned and/or in immediate need of care, including the following activities: wound care per protocol and MD/NP order positions patients and changes position according to patients need scares for patients with special needs, eg traction, immobilization collects wound specimens as ordered by NP/MD performs patient/family education for wound and ostomy care
- Performs treatments including the following: comprehensive wound assessment staging of pressure ulcers application of appropriate wound dressings, including Negative Pressure Wound Therapy application of binders and/or restraints application of appropriate ostomy pouching system and accessories
- Administers medications. States the usual dose, action, and side effects of commonly used wound care medications uses pharmacist and NP for drug information not provided in unit references prepares and administers wound care medications follows medication administration schedules according to the patient care plan assesses patients for response/reaction to drugs/treatments labels multidose tubes/vials when opened assures outdated medications are discarded
Education
Degree Program
Bachelors Nursing
Additional Information
Candidates without national board certification in wound/ostomy care may be considered based on wound/ostomy training and experience, but certification would need to be obtained within 6 months of hire.
Experience
Number of Years Experience Type of Experience
2 clinical experience in a hospital/acute setting with wound ostomy care
Additional Information
N/A
License / Certification Requirements
Registered Nurse License
BCLS or ACLS Certification from the American Heart Association
WOCN (Wound Ostomy, Continence Nurses) or WCC (Wound Care Cert) or CWS (Certified Wound Spec.)