RN of new or unfamiliar condition changes, establishes patient care priorities with RN to address the specific patient care situations.
| | Prepares room for admission including disassembling room after transfers or discharges, eg empties suction canisters, cleans commodes, removes all equipment and supplies and restocks. | |
| Maintains a safe working environment: ensures unit equipment accounted for and in good working order with support of Biomed Department, ensures beds are in low position and locked at all times, assists patients with moving/ambulating as needed, keeps room free of clutter, observes all safety guidelines, ensures corridor walkways are free of equipment/clutter (eg clean core), keeps hallway clear | |
| Assists in maintaining a well functioning unit by: orders appropriate supplies for patient care, refills nurse servers, places charge documents in appropriate place. | |
| Understands role in maintaining medication security to authorized personnel only. | |
| Utilizes safe patient handling by selecting the appropriate lift equipment and asking for assistance when turning or moving a patient if required. | |
| Identifies patients using identity band to verify the name and date of birth. | |
| Implements the patient care plan by providing direct patient care using AIDET during all forms of communication for assigned patients and all other encounters with patients/families and other departments, including but not limited to patient care, transport, repositioning, answering phones and responding to call lights. | |
| Performs purposeful hourly rounding and documents in the record actions or observations of the rounds. | |
| Answers the telephone and patient call system promptly and courteously and relays calls/messages to the appropriate person in a timely manner. | |
| Orients/instructs patient/family regarding the physical environment, call light, phone, meals/snacks, open visitation, smoke free campus and call - don't fall pledge | |
| Inventories and documents patient belongings in the medical record, on admission, transfer and discharge ensuring safe disposition. | |
| Receives report from the RN before beginning assignment. | |
| Informs | |
| Prepares room for admission including disassembling room after transfers or discharges, eg empties suction canisters, cleans commodes, removes all equipment and supplies and restocks. | |
| Maintains a safe working environment: ensures unit equipment accounted for and in good working order with support of Biomed Department, ensures beds are in low position and locked at all times, assists patients with moving/ambulating as needed, keeps room free of clutter, observes all safety guidelines, ensures corridor walkways are free of equipment/clutter (eg clean core), keeps hallway clear | |
| Assists in maintaining a well functioning unit by: orders appropriate supplies for patient care, refills nurse servers, places charge documents in appropriate place. | |
| Understands role in maintaining medication security to authorized personnel only. | |
| Utilizes safe patient handling by selecting the appropriate lift equipment and asking for assistance when turning or moving a patient if required. | |
| Identifies patients using identity band to verify the name and date of birth. | |
| Implements the patient care plan by providing direct patient care using AIDET during all forms of communication for assigned patients and all other encounters with patients/families and other departments, including but not limited to patient care, transport, repositioning, answering phones and responding to call lights. | |
| Performs purposeful hourly rounding and documents in the record actions or observations of the rounds. | |
| Answers the telephone and patient call system promptly and courteously and relays calls/messages to the appropriate person in a timely manner. | |
| Orients/instructs patient/family regarding the physical environment, call light, phone, meals/snacks, open visitation, smoke free campus and call - don't fall pledge | |
| Inventories and documents patient belongings in the medical record, on admission, transfer and discharge ensuring safe disposition. | |
| Receives report from the RN before beginning assignment. | |
| Informs |