Psychiatric Registered Nurse - Field (Home Health)

Job description

Essential Functions Statement(s): o to be reinforced when the patient returns home. Where the patient needs reinforcement of the institutional teaching, additional teaching visits in the home are covered. Re-teaching or retraining for an appropriate period may be considered reasonable and necessary where there is a change in the procedure or the patient's condition that requires re-teaching, or where the patient, family, or caregiver is not properly carrying out the task. The medical record should document the reason that the reteaching or retraining is required and the patient/caregiver response to the education. - Makes initial assessment visit utilizing observation/assessment skills - Manages medical illness per Plan of Care; performs psycho-biological interventions - Evaluates, teaches and reviews medications and compliance; administers IM or IV medication - Manages situational or other crises; performs assessments of potential self-harm or harm to others, and refers to the treating physicians as necessary - Teaching and training activities that require skilled nursing personnel to teach a patient, the patient's family, or caregivers how to manage the treatment regimen would co...