Registered Nurse - Care At Home

Day (United States of America)

Registered Nurse - Care at Home

The Registered Nurse plans, organizes, and directs home care services and is experienced in nursing with emphasis on community health education/experience. The professional nurse builds from the sources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of individuals and families within their homes and communities.

• Current Florida Nursing License required

• Must have at least one (1) years experience in home health care or the acute care setting

• Nursing staff education experience preferred.

• Demonstrated effective organization and time management skills.

• Demonstrated ability/possession of interpersonal skills.

• Demonstrated excellent knowledge of current nursing and patient care practices and the ability to learn and teach new concepts.

• Demonstrated ability to apply nursing theories and trends appropriately in the clinical setting.

• Admits patient to service per established procedure:

• Completes an initial assessment of patient and family to determine home care needs.

• Evaluates home environment to assure services can be safely provided in the home

• Obtains a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness.

• Advises patient of rights on initial visit.

• Includes the patient and the family in the planning process.

• Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis

• Develops a plan of care, which establishes goals based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing actions.

• Initiates the plan of care and makes necessary revisions as patient status and needs change.

• Furnishes services requiring substantial and specialized nursing skill through the initiation of appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.

• Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician.

• Completes start-of-care and comprehensive assessments, and updates, within established time frames.

• Maintains the electronic clinical record for each patient receiving nursing care.

• Regularly re-evaluates patient's nursing needs.

• Revises plan of care based on changes in physician orders.

• Provides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan of care.

• Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs.

• Completes start-of-care and comprehensive assessments, and updates, (including a drug regimen review) within established time frames.

• Identifies discharge planning needs as part of the care plan development and implements prior to discharge of the patient.

• Acts as Case Manager in all cases involving nursing or both nursing and therapy care when assigned by Clinical Supervisor and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload.

• Documents case conferences to demonstrate that effective interchange, reporting and coordination of patient care took place.

• Instructs, supervises and evaluates home health aide care provided every two (2) weeks.

• Maintains accepted standards of productivity.