Registered Nurse (RN), Wound Ostomy Continence, FT Days - Windy Hill Hospital

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Licensed caregiver
• •Certified
• •Knowledgeable
• •Upholds the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act
• •Implements the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards put forth by the American Nurses Association
• •Upholds the voice of the patient
• •Supports service excellence goals
• •Works in a shared governance model
• •Executes clinical practice using best evidence
• •Engages in continuous learning from formal education
• •Reads professional literature
• •Engages in reflective practice
• •Acts as a consultant to the physician
• •Develops individualized, evidence-based plans of care
• •Writes orders within the WOCN scope of practice
• •Follows standing orders for other nurses
• •Determines type and frequency of wound/ostomy care
• •Provides education to the patient and family pre- and post-op
• •Guides for psychosocial, sexual and body image adaption
• •Performs the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation)
• •Uses analytical/critical thinking
• •Coordinates care through effective partnerships
• •Provides relationship-based care delivery
• •Partners with the patient and significant others
• •Uses comprehensive hand-off communication processes
• •Engages in interdisciplinary evaluation and communication
• •Provides just in time and planned patient teaching
• •Practices using current clinical practice standards
• •Focuses on safety and quality
• •Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the Healing Strategies for wound care
• •Understands the role of HBO therapy
• •Knows the different approved clinical indications and treatment protocols for HBO treatment
• •Delivers care to the patient immediately prior to, during, and immediately following the HBO treatment
• •Documents all aspects of that care
• •Monitors and ensures the proper delivery of treatment gas
• •Monitors the patients continually during treatments for symptoms of oxygen intolerance, claustrophobia, hypoglycemic reactions, decompression sickness or any other adverse reaction to HBO treatments
• •Intervenes in the event of an adverse reaction
• •Follows established protocols
• •Demonstrates competence in reinforcing age specific patient and family education
• •Performs ordered treatments including but not limited to vital signs, blood sugars, and emergency procedures
• •Documents required elements of each treatment
• •Demonstrates and applies basic knowledge about HBOT chamber operations
• •Demonstrates knowledge of the basic physiological principles/concepts of the HBO treatment
• •Operates controls to pressurize and depressurize the chamber
• •Maintains accurate logs and records of the time, pressures, depths, etc. of chamber operations
• •Performs maintenance of the hyperbaric chamber (s) and related support systems
• •Cleans chamber following each treatment
• •Maintains emergency equipment and supplies located in the HBO area
• •Documents equipment checks as required by established policies
• •Serves as clinical expert in various hospital committees, community groups and organizations
• •Leads outcome evaluations including quarterly NDNQI pressure ulcer prevalence
• •Participates in improvement initiatives related to WOC nursing practice
• •Evaluates and develops product formularies and algorithms
• •Facilitates the needs of the bariatric population with specialty bed management
• •Coordinates the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care
• •Promotes interdisciplinary communication
• •Completes regular interdisciplinary planning/rounds
• •Completion of time