Staff RN - Oncology FT Nights

Core Competencies

• Adheres to infection prevention guidelines
• Adheres to policies, procedures, and standards of practice to deliver safe and optimal care
• Assesses patient history, physiological, and psychosocial status
• Communicates with the patient, family, medical staff and others during the continuum of care
• Complies with Joint Commission’s national patient safety goals
• Complies with organizational quality dashboard/benchmarking goals
• Interprets common variables affecting patient care and follows reporting process
• Maintains regulatory compliance consistent with quality standards and ethical obligations of the profession
• Participates in activities in alignment with the Magnet Model
• Participates in organizational activities
• Participates in Peer Review
• Participates in professional development activities
• Performs as a preceptor in an active and engaged manner
• Provides age-specific individualized care that supports protection from harm and complies with patient safety centered interventions/bundles
• Provides patient and family education throughout the care of patient
• Uses critical thinking to formulate and carry out a care plan according to patient needs
• Utilizes resources in an economical manner
• Utilizes safe administration of medications
• Utilizes Safe Patient Handling

Department Specific Competencies

• Recognizes and manages vasovagal response to treatment.
• Assesses and differentiates types of chest and abdominal pain with appropriate intervention.
• Ensures diet is appropriate and restrictions (food and fluid) are followed.
• Provides activity/rest as appropriate to patient condition, disease process.
• Ensures a safe environment for staff and patients
• Discharge planning= early assessment of need for home durable equipment, follow-up with home health or possible rehab or ECF.
• Keeps patients clean and turned appropriately.
• Ensures durable equipment is provided to the patient to promote independent functioning.
• Manages hematomas in A-line puncture sites.
• Correlates disease process to drug therapies to manage patients with hyper/hypotension, fluid overload, pump failure, dysrhythmias.
• Interprets EKG tracings as they relate to drug therapies and disease process and intervenes.
• Maintains IV access on all patients.
• Reinforces follow up care with physicians ie, blood drug levels, M.D. appointments.
• Implements protocols requiring higher level expertise: eg, ACLS code management.
• Works with MD to provide for Cardiac Rehab, Physical Therapy, Dietary and/or Respiratory Therapy when needed.
• Provides assistance with complex discharge planning in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Team to develop a safe, realistic and timely discharge plan.

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License / Certification Requirements