Home Health RN

Hrs Description: ; Duties: Job Summary:The Registered Nurse (RN) with Homecare is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care of Hospice/Home Health adult and pediatric patients and their families in their home setting.Job Responsibilities:-The RN provides the best clinical practice in an environment of caring and healing while working autonomously in the home.-Utilizing the nursing process, care is delivered in compliance with hospice/home health policies and procedures, legal and regulatory standards.-The staff RN utilizes the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice and coordination of care with other health team members.-Performs appropriate assessment of physical, social and psychological status (including cognitive, communicative and developmental skills as appropriate).-Seeks and evaluates information acquired from other members of interdisciplinary team: patient, family, physician, non-nursing disciplines, support staff, others.Plan:-Uses assessment information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop individualized plan of care.-Actively seeks patient, family, team, and physician involvement to develop plan of care including needed education.-Collaboratively plans and prepares patients for further support needs once the current episode of care outcomes are met (i.e., teaching, referrals, and follow-up).Implement:-Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination and collaboration as appropriate.-Provides or delegates care consistent with plan of care, guidelines of care and professional licensure provisions.-Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and organize patient care delivery through effectively managing time, supplies, and resources.Evaluate:-Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, patient and family satisfaction.-Revises plan of care as indicated, and reassesses changes as appropriate.Professionalism:-Promotes nursing profession and participate in development of others.-Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice: complies with regulatory standards, practices within scope of licensure, provides accurate & timely documentation, and understands legal implications of care delivery.Transfer of

Patient Files: -Electronically transfers patient files to the office at least twice daily. null

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