REGISTERED NURSE RN - HH
Independence Health System · Greensburg, Pennsylvania, US
- Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending education workshops, review professional publications, establish personal networks, and particip...
Job description
Competency and Experience [Knowledge, Skills and Abilities] - Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending education workshops, review professional publications, establish personal networks, and participate in professional societies. - Assure quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards, making or recommending necessary adjustments, and following Home Health and Hospice and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations. - Protect patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and controlled substance regulations. - Maintain patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential. - Identify patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients, and other persons in a position to understand care requirements. - Establish a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients and caregivers - Promote patient's independence by es...