Registered Nurse - Ambulatory Procedures Unit (APU)

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

Posterity Group LLC is a veteran owned, service-disabled small business, headquartered in Rockville, MD, that specializes in federal government contracting and staffing. We are tasked with staffing The Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) with Registered Nursed - Ambulatory Procedures Unit (APU). The APU RNs are expected to perform the following :

• Conduct duties in accordance with APU policies and procedures.
• Delivery of treatment within the personnel and equipment capabilities of the MTF, provision of mandated nursing surveillance and preventive services.
• The quality and timeliness of treatment records and reports required to document procedures performed and care provided.
• Participate in educational and continuous improvement programs to include training of the enlisted and LVN / LPN / Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) staff assigned to the APU, as appropriate.
• Provide documentation of annual attendance at Joint Commission and Occupational Safety Health Act (OSHA) required classes. These courses will be provided at Government expense.
• Assess nursing needs, formulate, and implement a plan of nursing care for each patient consistent with established nursing standards and protocols for this unit and with the prescribed plan of medical care.
• Contribute to the medical / nursing plan of care by observing, recognizing, recording, and reporting changes in the patient’s condition, subjective symptoms and objective signs, reactions to medications, and responses to therapy.
• Performance of supportive life functions such as management of medications, suctioning (to include tracheostomy suctioning) maintenance and electrolytic fluids, and oxygen administration for maintenance of airway, cardiovascular, and respiratory functions.
• Collect, document, and evaluate patient data for a wide variety of adult patients with medical or surgical problems to include maintenance and discontinuation of NG tubes, foley catheters, leg bags, colostomy bags, and rectal tubes.
• Maintain all required patient care records and report pertinent information to the medical officer and / or charge nurse as appropriate.
• Administer prescribed medications and intravenous therapy. Will be knowledge of a variety of pharmacological agents used in patient treatment, the desired effects, side effects, and complications of their use as well as the accurate administration of the pharmacologic agent, including dosage calculations as required.
• Will be knowledgeable in administrative requirements for the documentation of patient's condition, progress and acknowledgement of teaching, and follow up care.
• Conduct a complete physical screening assessment utilizing techniques of observation, inspection, auscultation, palpitation and percussion, as well as proper use of instruments to aid in the evaluation.
• Provide individualized health teaching for patients and their significant others throughout hospitalizations to ensure that transfer or discharge objectives can be achieved.
• Utilize diversified professional concepts, principles, and practices while performing procedures, treatments, and tasks related to the specialty area.
• Interpret and operate highly specialized equipment used for required patient care. (To include external fixators, JP drains, TLS drains, wound vacs, etc.)
• Assist in nursing quality assurance activities through problem identification, development of nursing practice evaluation criteria, development of plans of action, and result monitoring.
• Perform special tests and procedures following appropriate standard protocols (Serum glucose, urine HCG, tilts, vitals, and fill-and-pull).
• Assist in maintenance of the unit environment and with ordering of supplies and equipment. Be responsible for the security of narcotics, dangerous drugs, and other controlled substances.
• Provide emotional empathy with patients and coworkers; engaging in purposeful work-related conversations in a manner that conveys dignity and respect for others, improves individual resiliency, and is directed at achieving a safe and harmonious environment of care.
• Keep current Command certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, IV administration and venipuncture. Keep current in nursing practice within the specialty of practice.
• Our facility does perform elective terminations of pregnancy (Elective D&E), and Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) as prescribed by DOD instruction. Nurses who object to participating in the care of patients undergoing these procedures must make their conscience known by informing the charge nurse and every attempt will be made to reassign the care, if able. Contractor should refer to the nursing practice act of their state, patient abandonment and refusal of care, when confronted with this issue.
• Promote patient and staff safety through adherence to accepted safety and infection control standards. Maintain a clean, safe, orderly, and therapeutic working environment.
• Participate in emergency measures including cardiopulmonary resuscitation in absence of a physician according to established protocols

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