NOW HIRING! Fulltime RN Home Care
Wellstar Health System, Augusta, GA, United States
Overview
A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve.
We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.
Responsibilities
Acts as a consultant to the physician, providing evaluations of patients and developing individualized, evidence-based plans of care that address wounds, fistulas, ostomies, and continence issues at the specialist level.
Responds to the physician consult request by writing orders within the WOCN scope of practice and standing orders for other nurses to follow.
Determines type and frequency of wound/ostomy care provided to the patient using expert judgment, including modifications as the patient’s condition changes.
Upon receiving physician order for consult, marks patients for ostomy surgery, selects the best and alternative sites for the surgeon’s consideration, provides education to the patient and family pre- and post-op, and guidance for psychosocial, sexual and body image adaptation to promote optimal client outcomes.
Performs the Nursing Process (assessment; planning; implementation and evaluation) in the performance of clinical care using evidence-based practice; ensures care is individualized; coordinates care through effective partnerships; prioritizes patient goals in the plan of care.
Provides relationship-based, patient-centered care by partnering with the patient and significant others using comprehensive hand-off communication processes; conducts unit rounds, case reviews, and peer review while keeping the patient informed and focused on goals.
Practices using current clinical standards with a focus on safety and quality.
When performing duties in outpatient Wound Care and Hyperbaric Unit, demonstrates knowledge of Healing Strategies for wound care and HBOT therapy, including indications and treatment protocols; delivers care before, during, and after HBOT in accordance with policy; documents all aspects of care; monitors and ensures proper delivery of treatment gas as ordered; attends to vital signs, blood sugars, and emergency procedures per policy.
Documents required elements of each treatment clearly, including chamber settings, duration, and patient response to the procedure.
Chamber Operations: demonstrates basic knowledge about HBOT chamber operations to ensure efficacy and safety, follows policies for clinical indications and physician orders, and adheres to chamber operation protocols and infection control policies.
Maintains emergency equipment and supplies located in the HBO area; documents equipment checks as required by policy.
Serves as clinical expert in hospital committees, community groups, and organizations; participates in improvement initiatives related to WOC nursing practice; coordinates the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care, promoting interdisciplinary communication and regular interdisciplinary planning/rounds.
Qualifications
It is expected that the WOCN nurse is certified, licensed, knowledgeable, and upholds the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and implements the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards put forth by the American Nurses Association.
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A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve.
We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.
Responsibilities
Acts as a consultant to the physician, providing evaluations of patients and developing individualized, evidence-based plans of care that address wounds, fistulas, ostomies, and continence issues at the specialist level.
Responds to the physician consult request by writing orders within the WOCN scope of practice and standing orders for other nurses to follow.
Determines type and frequency of wound/ostomy care provided to the patient using expert judgment, including modifications as the patient’s condition changes.
Upon receiving physician order for consult, marks patients for ostomy surgery, selects the best and alternative sites for the surgeon’s consideration, provides education to the patient and family pre- and post-op, and guidance for psychosocial, sexual and body image adaptation to promote optimal client outcomes.
Performs the Nursing Process (assessment; planning; implementation and evaluation) in the performance of clinical care using evidence-based practice; ensures care is individualized; coordinates care through effective partnerships; prioritizes patient goals in the plan of care.
Provides relationship-based, patient-centered care by partnering with the patient and significant others using comprehensive hand-off communication processes; conducts unit rounds, case reviews, and peer review while keeping the patient informed and focused on goals.
Practices using current clinical standards with a focus on safety and quality.
When performing duties in outpatient Wound Care and Hyperbaric Unit, demonstrates knowledge of Healing Strategies for wound care and HBOT therapy, including indications and treatment protocols; delivers care before, during, and after HBOT in accordance with policy; documents all aspects of care; monitors and ensures proper delivery of treatment gas as ordered; attends to vital signs, blood sugars, and emergency procedures per policy.
Documents required elements of each treatment clearly, including chamber settings, duration, and patient response to the procedure.
Chamber Operations: demonstrates basic knowledge about HBOT chamber operations to ensure efficacy and safety, follows policies for clinical indications and physician orders, and adheres to chamber operation protocols and infection control policies.
Maintains emergency equipment and supplies located in the HBO area; documents equipment checks as required by policy.
Serves as clinical expert in hospital committees, community groups, and organizations; participates in improvement initiatives related to WOC nursing practice; coordinates the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care, promoting interdisciplinary communication and regular interdisciplinary planning/rounds.
Qualifications
It is expected that the WOCN nurse is certified, licensed, knowledgeable, and upholds the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and implements the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards put forth by the American Nurses Association.
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