RN - Endoscopy

Registered Nurse Endoscopy

The Registered Nurse is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated timeframe. The nurse provides care to these patients via therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment/instrumentation, and other healthcare team members. The Registered Nurse is expected to perform duties according to established standards of care and the core values established by the nursing division. Reports to the assigned Unit Director.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs assessment/data collection in an ongoing and systematic manner, focusing on the physiological, psychological, and cognitive status of patients.
• Analyzes assessment data to determine appropriate nursing diagnoses.
• Identifies appropriate expected outcomes individualized to the patient.
• Formulates a goal-directed plan of care, which is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnoses and patient outcomes.
• Identifies patient/significant other learning needs and implements appropriate measures to meet these needs.
• Implements care in a knowledgeable, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.
• Performs documentation duties on the unit and in the patient record, ensuring they are timely, accurate, and concise.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of self, care given by all healthcare team members, and the contribution of systems, environment, and instrumentation in progressing patient outcomes.
• Functions with an awareness and application of safety issues as identified within the institution.
• Performs efficiently in emergency patient situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate personnel, and documenting events.
• Demonstrates a sound knowledge base and actions in the care and decision-making for designated patient populations.
• Follows all applicable policies and procedures.
• Incorporates hourly rounding into daily practice.
• Demonstrates an awareness of self-responsibility and accountability for own professional practices.
• Demonstrates awareness of legal issues in all aspects of patient care and strives to manage situations in a reduced risk manner.
• Demonstrates appropriate knowledge and skills required by the assigned unit.
• Participates actively in staff development activities for unit and nursing personnel and other departments as appropriate.
• Forms and uses effective working relationships with all healthcare team members, patients, and significant others.
• Remains flexible in staffing patterns and resolution of staffing conflicts.
• Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to patient/significant other rights.
• Decisions and actions on behalf of patients are determined in an ethical manner.
• Remains aware of current nursing research and implements findings in Nursing Practice as applicable.
• Functions to establish priorities of patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources including time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.
• Accepts accountability for individual practice.
• Demonstrates caring and compassionate behaviors in all interactions.