Under general supervision and in collaboration with other members of the health care team, uses clinical judgment skills to diagnose and treat human responses to actual or potential health problems. The RN is responsible for assessing, planning, directing, providing and evaluation nursing care for patients and coordinating nurses care activities with other health care disciplines.
Essential Functions:
- Performs accurate multi-system assessments, including: biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, education needs and discharge planning needs.
- Identifies deviations from normal on routine lab diagnostic tests.
- Reassesses patient throughout hospitalization.
- Performs complete discharge assessment.
- Develops an individual nursing plan of care.
- Nursing plan of care is sensitive to the developmental needs of the patient.
- Coordinates patient care activities and discharge planning with other hospital and clinic departments and community agencies.
- Develops patient teaching plan and documents on care plan or teaching plan.
- Appropriately delegates patient care activities based on patient's condition and scope of practice of other health care providers.
- Establishes priorities for patient care.
- Classifies acuity level of assigned patients.
- Initiates appropriate measures based on protocol for the management of the medical and/or surgical patient.
- Bases nursing care on protocol in place for management of each patient.
- Correctly carries out the physician's plan of care.
- Accurately documents in the EMR.
- Documents care according to policy and procedure.
- Utilizes a multidisciplinary approach when appropriate.
- Performs all necessary procedures correctly.
- Utilizes available teaching plans in addressing patient teaching needs.
- Accurately calculates and administers medications.
- Initiates appropriate measures in emergency situations.
- Evaluates assessment methods, plan of care, and patient's response to treatment.
- Participates in unit quality assurance activities.
- Initiates patient/family education r/t breastfeeding complications; develops and communicates feeding plan.
- Facilitates breastfeeding discharge planning & follow-up support as needed.
- Has a working knowledge of Baby Friendly designation and assists in obtaining/maintaining status.
- Assists with Baby Friendly data collection.
- Does daily lactation rounds.
- Cross-trains to one of the perinatal units and perform the appropriate care for that unit.
- Knowledge to support maternal-newborn teaching.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Nine (9) months of experience.
- Three (3) years of lactation experience within the last five (5) years.
- One (1) year of experience working with level 2/level 3 neonates preferred.
- Five (5) years of lactation experience within the last seven (7) years preferred.
- Two (2) years of experience in a perinatal area i.e. postpartum/labor and delivery preferred.
- Previous health care experience preferred.
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing or a related field preferred.
- Current Oregon RN License upon hire.
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers CPR with AED.
- IBLBC certification or willing to get within one (1) year of hire
- NRP on hire.
- Computer keyboarding skills.
- Cross-trained to another perinatal area or willing to cross-train.
- The ability and passion to teach effectively.
- The ability to write and review policies and procedures pertinent to breastfeeding.
- The ability to research and bring forward evidence-based practice around breastfeeding.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
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