Responsibilities
Communicates effectively presenting a positive and professional image in all interactions.
Communicates with physicians during rounds. Actively offers data and seeks clarification of plan of care.
Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to facilitate positive patient outcome.
Participates in patient care conferences.
Documents patient response to care correctly and promptly in the medical record.
Participates in case management process to facilitate timely follow-up and transitions of care.
Timely processing of patient information to support departments (Lab, Radiology, and Data Processing).
Assists with precepting new staff and students when needed.
Cooperative and willingly performs duties.
Identifies needs and offers suggestions to improve patient care and job satisfaction.
Demonstrates a commitment to Partnership in Patient Care philosophy.
Respects the dignity and privacy of patients, physicians, visitors, and staff.
Respects the patient's right to confidentiality.
Responds to stressful situations appropriately.
Is courteous, polite, and tactful.
Implements teamwork concepts in clinical practice.
Demonstrates a positive collegial relationship with all team partners.
Demonstrates a commitment to ongoing self development and quality improvement.
Recognizes how their job fits into the big picture.
Suggests ways for ECU Health to improve.
Lists the steps to follow to make change/improvements happen.
Changes practice behavior as a result of CQI data.
Participates in data collection and formulation of action plans per practice QI plan to influence positive patient outcomes.
Participates in departmental meetings.
Actively contributes to departmental and organizational teams.
Identifies/attends educational offerings to enhance job performance and meet learning needs.
Initiates self study/learning opportunities.
Attends all mandatory in-service/educational programs.
Willingly accepts new ideas for improving job performance, and actively participates in "hands on" learning in the department.
Works with practice manager to plan and implement educational activities.
Systematically assesses patient's status.
Assesses function and status of all body systems.
Prioritizes data collection as determined by immediate condition of patient.
Uses interviews with patients and significant other(s), physical examination, review of records and reports.
Formulates nursing diagnosis (concise statement identifying patient's potential problems) based on data and assessment of identified needs.
Recognizes changes in patient's status promptly and communicates with physician as soon as they are detected.
Assesses ability of patient and/or caregivers to develop a plan of care.
Identifies referral needs on checkout and initiates referrals.
Uses nursing process to plan individualized nursing care.
Shows skill in assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation.
Plans, supervises, delegates, provides, and evaluates nursing care for a group of patients.
Develops and implements a patient plan of care reflecting use of the nursing process and individual patient needs.
Updates plan of care to reflect current status and to address care management needs.
Delivers patient care and performs treatment and procedures according to current standards of care.
Performs according to policies and procedures.
Patient plan of care reflects standards of practice.
Demonstrates departmental competencies.
Explains rationale for intervention.
Evaluates interventions and revises plan of care as necessary.
Performs EKGs, phlebotomy, point of care testing and completes documentation.
Works collaboratively with other care team members to influence positive patient outcomes.
Collaborated with other disciplines to effectively utilize resources for positive patient outcomes.
Provides patient teaching.
Identifies educational needs of patient and family members and involves them in the self management activities and education.
Gives instruction, counseling and makes referrals as patient needs are identified. Validates patient understanding.
Documents instructions given and understanding of patient and family.
Utilizes other clinical disciplines to provide teaching in patient care.
Uses appropriate teaching patterns to influence knowledge retention and compliance with plan of care, e.g. developmental levels, adult-learning principles.
Demonstrates sound clinical judgment.
Monitors patient's response to interventions and plans care appropriately.
Delegates tasks to other health care providers while considering qualifications of staff, needs of the patient, safety and infection control issues, and the plan of care.
Identifies appropriate priorities and organizes work accordingly.
Demonstrates effective problem solving skills.
Responds appropriately to patient's requests.
Makes "empowered" decisions to respond to patient needs.
Maintains a clean and safe environment.
Knows role in case of fire, Code Blue, or disaster.
Knowledgeable of and enforces ECU Health safety policies and workplace safety rules.
Reports appropriately any potential safety policies and workplace safety rules.
Adheres to universal precautions.
Completes event reports appropriately and in a timely manner.
Communicates to partners when additional safety measures need to be considered.
Keeps patient areas neat, orderly, and without unnecessary clutter.
Consistently enforces the need for safety and cleanliness with other partners.
Participates in achievement of organizational goals.
Recognizes the importance of their work performance on controlling hospital expenses.
Applies ECU Health mission and values to customer service and care delivery.
Contributes ideas to enhance department and organizational efficiency.
Participates in setting departmental goals and contributes to budget process.
