Eleanor Tividad

Job description:

- Assess resident’s physical, emotional, social, mental and medical status.

- Keeps up-to-date reporting all throughout the shift.

- Ensure resident’s safety by checking resident’s status

- Check resident’s blood sugar as ordered and administer Insulin per agency policy and doctor’s order

- Create ez-site to resident’s who will start on clysis and those who will receive medications subcutaneously for a long period of time

- Coordinate with other medical and non-medical staffs pertaining to resident’s welfare and progress

- Assist in feeding and taking care of residents

- Attends and participates to programs, seminars and/or teaching to further career growth and development

- Suggest and/or recommend ideas and vision for facility improvement/s and/or advancement

- Administer medications per doctor’s order. Know the indications, correct dosage, side effect and adverse effects of medications.

- Accomplish forms in admitting residents and collects pertinent data of residents from relative/s or significant other/s

- Assess and change dressing/s as per facility protocol

- Do vital signs and collects specimens from residents as the need arises.

- Informs charge nurse or care manager regarding equipments that are not functioning or not of use to the resident or staffs in the unit.

- Take note of and reports incidents to the charge nurse or care manager , also documents it.

- Do pertinent responsibilities regarding post mortem of residents.

- Assist in lifting and transferring residents per facility policies and guidelines.

- Coordinate with other facilities regarding resident’s procedures to be done, follow-up results and informs doctor.

- Give assistance in orientating new staffs and/or students as assigned by the charge nurse or care manager

• Working within full scope of practice
• Observes, monitors, reports, and documents changes in patients physical, mental, and emotional state
• Assist patient with activities of daily living and provides patient and family with relevant information and teaching.
• Responsible to collaborate as member of health care team, delivering consistent quality care, to meet needs of patient.

Course in the ward

- Assess resident’s physical, emotional, social, mental and medical status.

- Keep up-to-date reporting all throughout the shift.

- Ensures client safety by checking resident’s status.

- Check resident’s blood sugar as ordered and administer Insulin per agency policy and doctor’s order

- Create ez-site for resident’s who will start on clysis and those who will receive medications subcutaneously.

- Coordinate with other medical team and non-medical staffs pertaining to resident’s medical concerns and progress

- Administer tube feedings via PEG site. - Attends and participates at programs, seminars and/or teaching to further career growth and development

- Suggest and/or recommend ideas and vision for facility improvement/s and/or advancement

- Administer medications per doctor’s order. Know the indications, correct dosage, side effect and adverse effects of medications.

- Do vital signs and collects specimens from residents as per doctor/NP’s order.

- Inform charge nurse or care manager regarding equipments that are not functioning or not of use to the residents or staffs in the unit.

- Take note of and report incidents to the charge nurse or care manager then document.

- Do pertinent responsibilities regarding post mortem care of residents. Coordinate with funeral home regarding funeral arrangements/death certificate. Inform family members of resident’s passing.

- Assist with transfer of residents within or outside of facility as per facility policies and guidelines.

- Coordinate with other facilities regarding resident’s procedures to be done, follow-up results and inform NP/MD.

- Orient new staffs and/or students as assigned by the charge nurse or care manager.

Attend family conferences as part of the nursing team. Update resident’s family member regarding current status. Give suggestions and solutions as per family’s concern.

- Process/carry out orders made by NP/MD FOR POSSIBLE/ACTUAL ADMISSIONS

Review/match potential admissions based on resident’s profile. Coordinate with Transition coordinators, faciliy and family members to facilitate admission. Coordinate with RCMs, RNs, pharmacist, doctors/NP and sending facility/hospital. Do pre-admission interview to family members - tour them around the facility, show them where each departments are located and introduce them to staff members. Accomplish forms in admitting residents and collects pertinent data of residents from family member/s or significant other/s.

WOUND CARE

Attended wound seminar. Participated in annual wound prevalence rounds by Hillrom at facility. IAssigned as a wound champion in our unit. Assess and change dressing/s as per facility protocol.

FALLS

-Do a thorough assessment on resident’s injuries/fractures on fall incidents - accomplish SPLATT form. Monitor resident’s neurovitals, pain, ROM and mobilty for 48 hours. Facilitate transfer/call 911 for emergencies. Inform family members, AHN and MD about fall incident.

COVID RELATED CONDITIONS

- Monitor and report resident with possible Covid symptoms to AHN/RCM/ICP - do resident naropharyngeal swab as needed.

- Set-up isolation/PPE materials and be diligent in observing isolated residents.

- Act as PPE coach to colleagues and family members as needed.

- Screen visitors by the facility reception and/or staff entrances.

- Monitors any side effects post Covid/Influenza immunizations.

- Serve as a role model and mentor for health sciences students.

- Stimulate the student’s interest in all classroom, virtual and clinical aspects.

- Plan, use of teaching methodology and education on different subject assigned.

- Set the standards of instruction during classroom and clinical setting realizing the student’s methods of teaching standards.

- Facilitate learning through classroom/virtual lecture, discussion, and participation of activities appropriate for the course.

- Keep tract and appraise student’s progress.

- Monitor, report and record student’s attendance.

- Collaborate to the students Dean and Academic head on the progression of the students in terms of classroom, virtual and clinical standing.

- Engage in collaboration and deliberation with the professional colleagues.

- Provide a student - centered approach to enhance learning process.

- Conducts action plan.

- Undertake activities to improve student learning and performance.

- Provides students exceptional teaching in relation to essential skills, practices, and experience both hands on - and virtual practices.

- Work with the academy/school in support with the activities/project.

- Undertake development necessary for school accreditation.

- Maintain good relationship to the students, fellow instructor and other personnel.

- Contributes quizzes, examination questions, course activities and projects necessary for the course.

- Established order and system in classroom, virtually and clinical settings.

- Facilitate interactions to different healthcare settings and clinical areas between administrator and the academy.

- Complete student grading and evaluation forms after return demonstration and clinical practice

exposure necessary form completion course.

- Provides students confidentiality at all times.

- Report to dean and academic chairman for any concerns related to students, teaching subjects and methodology.

- Stimulate and guide students’ interest in all aspects of areas of learning to enhance critical thinking and safety approach.

- Participate in enhancement of curriculum and syllabus.

- Assess resident’s acute/chronic critical condition

- Check vitals and do head-to-toe assessment

- Interview patient or significant other regarding resident’s acute/chronic critical medical compliant/condition

- Prompt and timely intervention as per emergency doctor’s order

- Administer oral medications as per doctor’s order

- Assess resident’s physical, emotional, social, mental and medical status.

- Keeps up-to-date reporting all throughout the shift.

- Ensure resident’s safety by checking resident’s status

- Check resident’s blood sugar as ordered and administer Insulin per agency policy and doctor’s order

- Create ez-site to resident’s who will start on clysis and those who will receive medications subcutaneously for a long period of time

- Coordinate with other medical and non-medical staffs pertaining to resident’s welfare and progress

- Assist in feeding and taking care of residents

- Attends and participates to programs, seminars and/or teaching to further career growth and development

- Suggest and/or recommend ideas and vision for facility improvement/s and/or advancement

- Administer medications per doctor’s order. Know the indications, correct dosage, side effect and adverse effects of medications.

- Accomplish forms in admitting residents and collects pertinent data of residents from relative/s or significant other/s

- Assess and change dressing/s as per facility protocol

- Do vital signs and collects specimens from residents as the need arises.

- Informs charge nurse or care manager regarding equipments that are not functioning or not of use to the resident or staffs in the unit.

- Take note of and reports incidents to the charge nurse or care manager , also documents it.

- Do pertinent responsibilities regarding post mortem of residents.

- Assist in lifting and transferring residents per facility policies and guidelines.

- Coordinate with other facilities regarding resident’s procedures to be done, follow-up results and informs doctor.

- Give assistance in orientating new staffs and/or students as assigned by the charge nurse or care manager

- Assist and/or do resident’s personal care depending on resident’s capabilities and/or abilities.

- Ensure resident’s safety by making sure that safety measures are being applied and met

- Report any untoward incident/s to the charge nurse or care manager as soon as possible

- Transfer and lift residents according to facility guidelines and using equipments properly.

- Reports any machine/s and/or equipments that are not functioning to the charge nurse and/or the care manager

- Reports any unusualness or changes in resident’s behavior, physical and mental status.

- Replenish and reports supplies/materials that needs to be purchased

- Coordinate with other department pertaining to resident’s care and needs

- Do post mortem care

- Porter and feed residents during meals

- Be flexible in helping other units as needed

- Bath or shower residents per assigned bath schedule day - cut toe/finger nails

- Attend to trainings and lectures for career growth and development

- Take good care of resident’s belongings; using and informing relatives of other resident’s needs

- Encouraging residents to participate in activities set by the recreation team.

- Attending to resident’s immediate needs

- Collects urine (mid-stream catch) and stool specimen samples as needed

- Maintains precautions as per facility guidelines and protocols

- Asses patient’s medical/surgical status

- Hook patient to cardiac monitor, pulse oxymeter, dinamapp machine, IVAC/colleague and/or patrol pump machine

- Closely monitor patient’s vital/neuro vital signs

- Insert/change peripheral IV lines, foley catheter and naso-gastric tube

- Do Electrocardiogram (ECG)/Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy(CRRT) at bedside as ordered

- Administer medications in different routes as ordered

- Administer blood products as ordered

- Monitor blood sugar levels - monitor Insulin drips as per doctor’s order.

- Carry-out doctor’s orders

- Assist in intubation and extubation of patients

- Assist in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) > do ambubagging, chest compressions, start inotropics, administer emergency medications as ordered

- Assist in hooking patient to mechanical ventilator, BIPAP and/or IPAP machines

- Assist in bedside procedures:

- IJ/femoral – double/triples lumen catheter insertion

- Cut-down procedure - Thoracentesis

- 2-D echo

- portable x-rays

- bedside ultrasounds

- Hemodialysis (SLED, charcoal hemoperfusion method) -

Blood extractions

- Obtaining Arterial Blood Gas (ABG’s) - Bio-Z procedure

- Prepare patient for OR/Endoscopic procedures as ordered, includes securing informed consent

- Suction patient’s tracheobronchial, endotracheal and/or oral secretions as needed

- Coordinate with other members of medical health team, other departments

- Do morning, oral, perianeal - Blood extractions

- Obtaining Arterial Blood Gas (ABG’s) - Bio-Z procedure

- Prepare patient for OR/Endoscopic procedures as ordered, includes securing informed consent

- Suction patient’s tracheobronchial, endotracheal and/or oral secretions as needed.

Medical

- Assess patients’ medical status

- Monitor and record patient vital signs, neuro vital signs, intake and output, hemogluco testing (HGT) and cardio-pulmonary status

- Perform bedside nursing tasks such as patients’ morning care, physical hygiene, etc.

- Administer medications (intravenous/heplock, intramuscular, subcutaneous or oral)

- Administer Naso-gastric tube feeding (NGT)

- Insertion and removal of foley catheters as ordered

- Report, refer and coordinate with patient’s physician and other health personnel regarding patient’s medical status and needs

- Conduct special instructions to patients and relatives regarding their follow up health care and home medications

- Facilitate transfer of patients to other hospitals as necessary

- Provide clinical discharge summary and other medical records pertinent to patient’s medical/surgical status

Surgical

- Assist and prepare materials in preparing bedside procedures such as insertion of 3-lumen catheter prior to hemodialysis and excision of mass

- Prepare patients for surgery including pre-surgical instruction to patients

- Secure consent from patients and/or significant others

- Monitor vital signs before and after operation

- Administer medications as ordered

- Endorse patients to OR nurse prior to surgery

- Receive patients post operatively

- Note for contraptions and other post operative devices

- Instruct patients on proper and specified diet as ordered

- Monitor cardio-pulmonary status of patients under post operative care

- Assist in changing of dressings and other post operative car

- Inquire regarding hospital admissions

- Keep up-to-date patient’s medical/surgical status

- Coordinate with doctors and other health personnel regarding inquiries on patient’s medical/surgical status/availments

- Discuss with doctors regarding patient medical/surgical condition in connection with patient’s company coverage

- Issue approval and/or Letter Of Authorization (LOA) to hospitals regarding patient’s coverage for confinement

- Keep patient informed of balances and availments in connection with present hospitalizaion

- Provide member/patient information regarding medical/surgical or elective coverage, limitation/s and/or exclusions

- Approve/disapprove doctor’s request for patient’s medical/surgical needs depending on patient’s available balances and/or limitation of coverage regarding the said medical/surgical condition

- Assist patient and coordinate with doctors/hospital personnel regarding approved or disapproved patient’s PHILHEALTH availment/s

- Assist patient on time of discharge and ascertain covered or non-covered (personal) items

- Took care of Post-Craniotomy patient

- Monitor, record and report patient medical/surgical status

- Monitor and measure patients input and outputs

- Monitor drainage and other contraptions - Report any untoward signs and

symptoms or unusualness

- Keep up-to date medical report/status

- Administer given medication/s by attending physician (AP)

- Administer naso-gastric tube feedings

- Assist patient in her needs per patient’s need/demand

- Give patient morning care, give bed bathe, oral/mouth care,

- Coordinate with other medical personnel regarding patient’s needs/stat

- Give suggestion/s and/or information - regarding patient’s care and needs

- Monitor, record and report patient medical/surgical status before and after delivery

- Instruct patient on proper breathing techniques while patient is in labor

- Prepare patient pre-operatively by giving pre-operative medications, sign consents

- Carry-out orders/requests given by attending physician (AP)

- Administer given medication/s as ordered by the doctor/s

- Refer and coordinate with other doctors or health personnel depending upon patient’s need per AP’s order/request

- Assist in AP’s rounds and needs in taking care of the patient

- Keep up-to-date medical report/status

- Chart nursing care plan/s, intervention/s and/or evaluation/s

- Give health teachings to patient and family members

- Assist mother in taking care of rooming-in babies

- Teach mother on cord care

- Demonstrate how to bathe baby

- Inform mother of proper baby handling techniques

- Teach mother the importance of breast feeding and care of mother’s breast before and after feeding

- Advise/give information/s regarding parent’s concern on baby’s common illnesses or queries regarding baby’s care and developmental milestones

- Remind parents regarding baby’s immunizations and follow-ups as scheduled by the Pediatrician

- Administer baby’s antibiotics thru IM as ordered by pediatricians

- Discharge patient per AP’s order

- Instruct patient regarding home medications and follow-ups with the doctors.