Job Description

RN, Registered Nurse - Admission and Discharge at Christus Health summary:

The Registered Nurse (RN) responsible for patient admission and discharge performs comprehensive assessments, care planning, and coordination to ensure effective patient throughput. This role involves providing safe and therapeutic nursing care to diverse patient groups, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams, and educating patients and families about care procedures. The RN also documents nursing activities, evaluates patient responses, and contributes to improving clinical processes.

Summary:

Responsible for patient admission tasks such as assessment and care planning, and discharge tasks for an assigned group of patients for a defined work period to assist in supporting and expediting patient throughput. Involves provision of these services to older adolescent, young adult, adult, geriatric and pediatric patients.

Responsibilities:

Patient Care Planning

• Develops comprehensive nursing care plan which addresses all significant needs and problems identified during nursing admission assessment.

Patient Care Provision

• Completes nursing activities associated with the admission and discharge of assigned patients.
• Provides safe and therapeutic care and seeks resources when appropriate.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to ensure thorough and effective transitions for admitting and discharging patients.

Patient Care Evaluation

• Evaluates patient response to interventions and attainment of goals in collaboration with interdisciplinary team.
• Completes nursing documentation for admission and discharge functions for assigned patients.

Teaching

• Evaluates education needs of patient and significant others and documents their response to teaching.
• Utilizes, adapts, and revises teaching resources to meet patient education needs.
• Explains procedures, tests, and disease process to patients and families as needed.

Patient Care Communication

• Reports and documents accurately and concisely to appropriate persons the patient's condition.
• Maintains patient confidentiality.
• Applies basic verbal and nonverbal skills to maintain open, effective communication among care team members, patients, and significant others.
• Encourages direct discussion between staff members when differences occur and seeks assistance to arbitrate differences as needed.
• Contributes to the overall identification, implementation and improvement of the throughput process.
• Gives and accepts constructive feedback appropriately.
• Identifies actual and potentially unsafe patient care practices, reports them in the designated manner, and suggests alternatives.
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Associate's Degree in Nursing
• RN License in state of employment or compact
• BLS

Work Schedule:

PRN

Work Type:

Per Diem As Needed

Keywords:

patient admission, patient discharge, care planning, nursing assessment, patient education, interdisciplinary collaboration, therapeutic nursing care, documentation, patient throughput, registered nurse

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