Attachment B - Statement of Duties MedSurge RN.pdf
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This is a Statement of Duties for a Medical Surgical Registered Nurse position at the Gallup Indian Medical Center, under the Indian Health Service, dated March 2016. The position requires ACLS and BCLS certifications and involves working 84 hours per period on 12-hour day/night rotating shifts, including weekends and holidays.
The role is located in the Division of Nursing Service, covering two medical surgical units - a 15-bed unit on the second floor and a 19-bed unit on the third floor, both handling telemetry patients. Key responsibilities include patient health assessment and monitoring, administering therapeutic measures and medications, providing nursing care for various specialties (surgery, trauma, medical, psychiatry), managing telemetry patients, participating in multidisciplinary care teams, developing individualized care plans, maintaining professional certifications, and ensuring quality assurance. The nurse must be capable of working across all hospital units as a primary nurse and must handle emergency and resuscitative measures according to ACLS guidelines.
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03/2016
Indian Health Service
Statement of duties
Position title:
Duty location:
Provide specific statement of duties for position to be filled:
Med Surge
Gallup Indian Medical Center
Certification Requirements:
1. ACLS
2. BCLS
Shift:
84 hrs per period 12 hr Day/Night Rotating Weekends and Holidays
Statement of Duties:Statement of Duties: This position is located in the Division of Nursing Service at Gallup Indian Medical Center. The Medical Surgical Units are located on the 2nd and third floors. The second floor unit consists of a 15 bed unit. The third floor has the capacity of 19 beds. Both units have telemetry patients they care for and manage. Clinical specialties for these units include surgery, trauma, medical, psychiatry, and many other sub-specialties.
• Observes and assesses patient’s health status by physical assessment and examination, interviewing the patient and family members, and reviewing the patient’s health history.
o Makes an assessment of the patient’s condition recognizing the range of normal and the manifestations of common abnormalities, nursing interventions needed, therapeutic measures, and other relevant information to the patient’s condition.
• Administers therapeutic measures as prescribed by the physician such as medication, treatments, IV fluids, blood transfusions, nasogastric tubes, foleys, etc.
• Consults with members of the multidisciplinary team for management of the patient.
• Initiate treatment, medications, emergency and resuscitative measures based on appropriate utilization of standing protocols in conjunction with ACLS guidelines.
• Makes an individualized plan of care for the patient.
• Provides nursing care to meet the physical, emotional, spiritual, and sociocultural needs of the patient in the inpatient care setting.
• Management and care of telemetry patients.
• Functions as a primary nurse on all units of the hospital.
• Participates in performance standards, measures, and projects for improved patient outcomes.
• Initiates change in procedures and approaches to care as necessary for quality assurance.
• Fosters patient motivation and compliance in adhering to required routines by counseling and assisting patient to understand and accept implications of care, diagnosis, and treatment.
• Maintains professional knowledge and skill, and keeps license and certifications current.
• Observes clinical conditions of adults o Interprets findings and immediately decides proper action o Collaborates with care team on findings
• Administers blood components as ordered
• Is a member of the multidisciplinary care team and provides feedback when necessary regarding discharge
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