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• Demonstrates clinical competence.
• Utilizes the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation to provide, delegate, supervise and document care and teaching of patients and family.
• Effectively communicates with the health care team.
• Provides leadership in the coordination and delivery of quality compassionate patient care.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Physical Assessment:

• Examines wounds and reports status to physician/physician extenders.
• Performs physical assessment on patients as determined necessary and/or designated by a physician/physician extender.
• Recognizes significant and common abnormal laboratory results and changes in health status, and takes appropriate action. Communicates information to physician/physician extender.
• Performs rounds to evaluate patients.

Psycho-Social Assessment:

• Availability of support systems (family network, coping mechanisms);
• Observes and reports emotional stability of patient to physician/physician extender.
• Health habits (smoking, alcohol use, dietary, drugs);
• Safety issues (safety of home, driving, seat belts);
• Performs assessment of:
  • health habits (smoking, alcohol use, dietary, drugs);
  • safety issues (safety of home, driving, seat belts);
  • availability of support systems (family network, coping mechanisms);

Diagnosis:

• Develops and evaluates nursing patient care treatment plans, based on nursing diagnosis.
• May perform CLIA waived testing.
• Reviews lab and x-ray data, and notifies physician/physician extender of abnormal results.

Clinical Practice:

• Directs and delegates nursing care based on patient acuity and staff competency that is consistent with the nurse’s obligation to provide optimum patient care.
• Documents care in EMR.
• Performs resuscitative procedures.
• Seeks to understand and incorporate both safe practices and evidence-based practices into daily nursing care.
• Performs diagnostic procedures.

Triage:

• Assesses patient complaints, and advises patients, according to established protocols.
• Refers patient to home health care and community agencies.
• Directs patient to appropriate care area upon completion of triage evaluation.
• Triage occurs via the telephone or through direct patient contact.

Consultation:

• Resolves patient complaints, or refers complaint to appropriate others for resolution.
• Collaborates with other disciplines as necessary regarding patient condition.
• Initiates social services and Home Health Care referrals.
• Collaborates with family and community resources for patient home care, upon direction or within a protocol.

Quality Assurance:

• Participates in departmental/divisional Quality Assessment and Quality Improvement Programs.
• Maintains compliance with regulatory standards regarding practice, environment and documentation.

Research:

• Collects data for research.
• Implements research using protocols developed by the governing institution.

Education:

• Provides and documents individualized patient and family education.
• Designs teaching materials or utilizes prepared materials to teach patients, according to established protocols.
• Precepts new staff and students as requested.
• Provides education for staff, colleagues, patients, and /or families.
  • Precepts new staff and students as requested.
  • Provides and documents individualized patient and family education.
• Enhances personal professional development through the review of current literature, attendance at educational programs, and participation in professional organizations.

Other:

• Supports the mission, vision, and values of HFMG.
• Upholds goals, policies, procedures, and expectations of Henry Ford Medical Group (HFMG).
• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, Quality Assurance Program, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Performs other related duties as required.