vanessa C.

* Provide resident care, reviews and administers resident medications, treatments and procedures in a safe, effective and age appropriate manner that meets scope of practice and standards of nursing practice. * Develop long and short-term goals consistent with treatment plans, standards of practice, * Appropriately utilizes pain management resources and other interventions to provide pain relief. * Provide ongoing assessments and documents the resident's physical and psychosocial condition, as well as response to care. * Review resident test results, identifies critical results, and communicates in a timely manner consistent with the condition of the resident and correlates information into the plan of care. * Collaborate with staff, physicians and members of the healthcare team, ensuring the coordination of care between other disciplines and support staff. * Consistently ensures nursing practice is evidence based, within scope of licensure and compliant with hospital wide standards of nursing care, including core measures. Ensures Infection Control procedures and HIPAA compliance

* Collect, report, and document objective and subjective data; * Observe conditions and reports changes in condition to RN; * Evaluates effectiveness of interventions to achieve resident goals and minimize re-hospitalizations; * Administer medications and performs treatments per physician orders; * Communicate pertinent data to RN and/or physician * Document accurately and thoroughly * Monitor patient care provided by unlicensed staff: * Assign duties to unlicensed staff * Communicate resident information with unlicensed staff during and between shifts * Monitor, evaluate and follow-up on assigned responsibilities of unlicensed staff * Ensure that assigned tasks are performed in accordance with policies and procedures * Assist in orienting new hires.

* Collect, report, and document objective and subjective data; * Observe conditions and reports changes in condition to RN; * Evaluates effectiveness of interventions to achieve resident goals and minimize re-hospitalizations; * Administer medications and performs treatments per physician orders; * Communicate pertinent data to RN and/or physician * Document accurately and thoroughly * Monitor patient care provided by unlicensed staff: * Assign duties to unlicensed staff * Communicate resident information with unlicensed staff during and between shifts * Monitor, evaluate and follow-up on assigned responsibilities of unlicensed staff * Ensure that assigned tasks are performed in accordance with policies and procedures * Responsible for completion of new admissions * Assist in orienting new hires.

* Organize getting the morning started - trouble shoot if there is a delay or snag, expedite as needed to ensure that patients are in the room by 8:30 * Triage of patients, in collaboration with lead clinician, to expedite waiting patients or overbook walk-in patients based on medical urgency * Wound care * Provide guidance and counseling to clinical staff to ensure efficient coverage of clinical area. * Assist provider with minor surgery/as needed * Supervise clinical staffing (MA, Extern) work hours to ensure efficient coverage of clinical area. * Follow policies and procedures relating to patient flow, customer service and compliance with regulations pertaining to clinical area. * Directly responsible for tracking, ordering, and maintain clinical supplies and minor equipment. * Communicate with front and back office to facilitate patient flow.

* feed, dress and bathe patients * obtain patient's vital signs * served meals, make beds and kept rooms clean * answer call lights and observed changes in patient's conditions * reported any changes noted to the charge nurse