Position Overview
Responsibilities - Provides age-specific patient-centered care utilizing the nursing process
- Performs patient assessment using appropriate problem-focused and age-specific assessment techniques
- Performs continual critical care assessment of patient and family’s physical and psychological needs
- Involves the patient, significant others, and health care providers in the plan of care when appropriate
- Collaborates with a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care
- Coordinates and plans critical care clinical pathway and prioritizes care based on individual needs
- Revise the care plan as necessary
- Initiates appropriate transfer plan
- Recognizes subtle cues to anticipate potential problems
- Documents all relevant data in the medical record according to hospital departmental standards
- Ensures availability and maintenance of supplies and equipment needed for the unit and patient care