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Registered Nurse/RN - Psych

DCH Health System · Northport, Alabama, US

Overview Plans, coordinates, and direct quality, compassionate care by maintaining standards of professional nursing practice and creating positive therapeut...

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Overview Plans, coordinates, and direct quality, compassionate care by maintaining standards of professional nursing practice and creating positive therapeutic relationships with patients/families. Provides leadership to other team members by articulating and delegating expected standards of care, supervision and encouraging team members, and supporting their contributions. Supervises LPNs, PCAs, PCA/ISs, OTs, and/or US Responsibilities: Plans, coordinates, and directs quality, compassionate care by maintaining standards of professional nursing practice and creating positive therapeutic relationships with patients/families. Supervises LPNs, PCAs, PCAs/US, US, Ortho Techs and other non-licensed staff. - Assesses condition on each assigned patient on admission and on an ongoing basis to include but not limited to the patient’s physical condition, psychological status, social status, spiritual and cultural needs, pain assessment/management, nutritional and functional status, developmental or age related factors, and discharge planning needs. - Plans, provides, and documents patient and/or significant other education based on physical, behavioral, psychological, developmental, and age-...