Hospice RN - PRN--Ft Worth

Pennant Services

Grapevine, Texas

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JOB DETAILS

SKILLS

Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), Case Management, Community Health, Family Planning, Health Education, Health Plan, Healthcare, Hospice Care, Medication Administration, Medications, Needs Assessment, Nursing, On Call, Pain Management, Patient Assessment, Patient Care, Patient Education, People Management, Performance Management, Prescription Drugs, Registered Nurse (RN), Rehabilitation Nursing, Safety/Work Safety, Set Goals, Training/Teaching, Treatment Plan

LOCATION

Grapevine, Texas

POSTED

9 days ago

We invite you to join a team of people committed to supporting life-changing service and providing professional expertise to the companies we support and their leaders.

Something else that sets us apart from other companies is the quality of our most resources - our people! We are dedicated to living out our culture as defined by our core values, "CAPLICO":

Customer Second

Accountability

Passion for Learning

Love One Another

Intelligent Risk Taking

Celebrate

Ownership

By incorporating these principles at all levels of our organization, our employees feel valued and excited about their impact on our service center team members and operational partners. Our culture fosters personal and professional excellence and promotes development that leads to continued success.

JOB SUMMARY

The registered nurse plans, organizes and directs hospice care and is experienced in nursing, with emphasis on community health education/experience. The professional nurse builds from the resources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of individuals and families within their homes and communities.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Patient Care

Completes an initial, comprehensive, and ongoing assessment of patient and family to determine hospice needs.
Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).
Provides professional nursing care by utilizing all elements of the nursing process.
Assesses and evaluates patient's status by: Writing and initiating plan of care Regularly re-evaluating patient and family/caregiver needs
Participating in revising the plan of care as necessary
Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.
Develops a care plan that establishes goals, based on nursing diagnosis, and incorporates palliative nursing actions. Includes the patient and the family in the planning process.
Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician in the physician's plan of care.
Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs.
Provides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan.
Assists the patient with the activities of daily living and facilitates the patient's efforts toward self-sufficiency and optional comfort care.
Acts as Case Manager and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload.

Communication

Completes, maintains, and submits accurate and relevant clinical notes regarding patient's condition and care given.
Records pain/symptom management changes/outcomes as appropriate.
Communicates with the physician regarding the patient's needs and reports changes in the patient's condition; obtains/receives physicians' orders as required.
Communicates with community health related persons to coordinate the care plan.
Teaches the patient and family/caregiver self-care techniques as appropriate.
Provides medication, diet and other instructions as ordered by the physician and recognizes and utilizes opportunities for health counseling with patients and families/caregivers. Works in concert with the interdisciplinary group.
Provides and maintains a safe environment for the patient.
Assists the patient and family/caregiver and other team members in providing continuity of care.
Works in cooperation with the family/caregiver and hospice Interdisciplinary Group Members to meet the emotional needs of the patient and family/caregiver.
Attends interdisciplinary group meetings.

Additional Duties

Possibly could participate in on-call duties as defined by the on-call policy.
Ensures that arrangements for equipment and other necessary items and services are available.
Supervises ancillary personnel and delegates responsibilities when required.
Assumes responsibility for personal growth and development and maintains and upgrades professional knowledge and practice skills through attendance and participation in continuing education and in-service classes.
Fulfills the obligation of requested and/or accepted case assignments.
Actively participates in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities.

Hospice RN - PRN--Ft Worth

Pennant Services

Grapevine, Texas

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