Registered Nurse (Casual) - 3G Behavioral Health

at  UPMC

UPMC Altoona is hiring a casual Registered Nurse to help support our 3G Behavioral Health unit!

• Planning
• Includes the patient and family/significant other in the formulation of the plan of care.
• Prioritizes patient’s needs appropriately.
• Plans, conducts, and documents patient care conferences.
• Maintains a current plan of care for each assigned patient.
• Utilizes appropriate community agencies and other health care professionals in planning care.
• Assessment
• Assesses patient and family needs and documents this information appropriately in the computer or on appropriate form.
• Reassesses patient every eight hours, and, as necessary.
• Implementation
• Utilizes nursing care protocols and standards.
• Carries out and documents procedures according to Hospital Policy.
• Performs technical skills safely and accurately and demonstrates a working knowledge of equipment.
• Transcribes and implements physicians’ orders appropriately.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the physiological basis for the nursing care delivery.
• Demonstrates knowledge of medication and IV therapy administration according to policy.
• Initiates and coordinates health teaching for patients and families/significant other based on individual needs.
• Evaluation
• Revises plan of care, as necessary based on daily evaluation of patient.
• Evaluates patient’s outcome based on previously defined goals.
• Evaluates and documents the patient’s response to care, teaching, and treatment.
• Adheres to universal precautions. Identified potential problems and initiates appropriate measures. Identifies environmental factors which deter effective patient care, initiates action, and contributes ideas towards resolution.
• Engages the medical staff and other professionals in discussion of patient care problems resulting in mutually developed plans of care.
• Demonstrates professionalism in providing patient care.
• Serves as a consultant to other members of the health-care team.
• Complies with established occupational exposure policies.
• Maintains proficiency and competency in point of care testing as defined in the evaluation criteria established by the laboratory.
• Completes annual competency validation activities.
• Utilizes Bed Management System, Alpha, CPOE, and all other computer systems appropriately,
• Minimum of 1 year RN experience