Staff Nurse II

Responsibilities

• Performs assessment/data collection in an ongoing systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy. - Formulates a goal-directed plan of care when and where appropriate to do so. - Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner. - Establishes priorities of patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies. - Identifies patient/family learning needs and acts to meet them. - Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age-specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs. - Provides/coordinates care for patients/patient populations. - Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. - Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs. - Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members. - Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members. - Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate. - Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution. - Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events. - Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice. - Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel. - Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning. - Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities in documenting, tracking and conveying information. - Formulates a goal-directed plan of care in collaboration with the health care team. - Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures. - Provision of competent emergency nursing care, for all ages, acuities and conditions in the population the facility serves. - Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner. - Completes duties with regard to safety practices and policies, including infection control, workplace safety, and management of aggressive behaviors. - Provision of care is consistent with EMTALA, Nurse Practice Act, Title 22 and other applicable regulations, including patient confidentiality and risk management. - Proficiencies in emergency responses such as resuscitation/ codes, hazmat response, and emergency childbirth. - Teamwork with all internal and external departments and agencies involved in the provision of care. - Medication administration and management including titrating infusions and pediatric medications. - Maintains all required licenses, certifications and professional development/ continuing education requirements per department and facility standards.