LPN

Job description

Overview Under direct supervision of the physician, the rounding nurse will work with the physician in delivering care to the patients of the Pediatric Hospitalist Service. The rounding nurse will participate in patient centered rounds, assist in the collection of patient information, assist physician with communicating orders and plans of care to hospital staff members and patients and their parents. Responsibilities: - Participates with physicians in making patient care rounds. - Assist in the collection of patient information for the physician to review to facilitate documentation and information flow. (Including lab results, pending tests or procedures, and outpatient follow-up) - May accompany the physician to the bedside and transcribe physician’s narrative in progress notes. May transcribe verbal orders. Physicians must countersign the orders within 24 hours. - Answer pages regarding the group’s patients and relay information to physician. - Communicate patient orders as directed by the physician to the designated hospital employee. - Participate in patient teaching as instructed by the physician. - Assist parents in finding a PCP if they have not chosen already. - Assist wi...