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Required Skills

1. Maintains behavior consistent with philosophy of Memorial Medical Center.
2. Knows hospital policies and job responsibilities.
3.  Knows line of communication and authority.
4.  Continually observes cardiac monitors, leaving the area only when relieved by qualified, trained personnel.
5.  Analyze and document the patient’s heart rhythm every 8 hours for onsite patients and every 12 hours for offsite patients. The analysis will include:  documentation of rate, rhythm and ectopy. 
6.  Recognition of any changes in rate, rhythm or presence of arrhythmia requiring a telemetry strip to be printed, analyzed, and placed on the patient’s chart. The telemetry tech will also notify the RN assigned to the patient of the change and document the arrhythmia on the telemetry worksheet. 
7.  Recognition of lethal arrhythmias and STAT notification to the RN assigned to the patient. The event will be documented in the patient’s chart. 
8.  The patient’s heart rate, rhythm will be recorded every 2 hours on the telemetry worksheet.
9.  For offsite telemetry patients, the HR, rhythm, and any ectopy will be documented each shift.
10.  If requested, assists with cardiac monitoring during a stat code.
11.  Notifies the RN responsible for the patient if the telemetry pattern is unreadable.
12.  Understands how to operate telemetry units. Notifies Bio-Medical Engineering and the Nurse Manager of any needed repairs.
13.  Responsible for maintaining cardiac monitors for appropriate: alarm volumes and alarm limits, maintains/updates a log book tracking the location of all telemetry transmitters at all times and assures all telemetry units are retrieved when discontinued.
14.  Cleans the telemetry box for on-site patients. Cleans both the telemetry unit and charger upon receipt from unit for patients with off-site telemetry. 
15.  Appropriately files all rhythm strip information each day in the patient’s electronic health record.
16.  Initiates telemetry charges/transfer into SMS system.
17.  Monitors telemetry supply needs and provides ordering information to designated supply person for inclusion in weekly supply orders (telemetry monitor paper, electrodes, batteries, pouches, lead wires, labels, flowsheets, etc.).
18.  Provides information as requested to physicians regarding patients’ heart rhythm status and arrhythmias over the past 24 hours.
19.  Conforms to dress code specified by nurse manager.
20.  Communicates effectively and diplomatically.
21.  Able to function calmly in stressful situations.
22.  Maintains and respects confidentiality.
23.  Performs other related work as required or requested.

Required Skills

Essential Functions and Job Duties

• CLINICAL JUDGEMENT – Clinical reasoning, which includes decision-making, critical thinking, and a global grasp of the situation, coupled with nursing skills acquired through a process of integrating formal and informal experiential knowledge and evidence-based guidelines.
• Demonstrates the ability to assess the full scope of patient needs, using the nursing process on a continuous basis.
• Utilizes past nursing experience to anticipate problems while seeking out multi-disciplinary collaboration with comfort, when necessary.
• Recognizes patterns and trends that may predict the direction of illness.
• CARING PRACTICES:  Nursing activity that create a compassionate, supportive, and therapeutic environment for patients/families and staff.  Working on another’s behalf and representing the concerns of the patient/family and nursing staff; serving as a moral agent in identifying and helping to resolve ethical and clinical concerns within and outside the clinical setting.
• Promotes safety throughout patient’s and family’s transitions along the healthcare continuum.
• Actively anticipates and monitors patient and family changes, responds appropriately.
• Effectively resolves patient complaints.
• Engages all patients in a personalized, compassionate manner.
• COLLABORATION/SYSTEMS THINKING – Working with others (e.g., patients, families, healthcare providers) in a way that promotes/encourages each person’s contribution toward achieving optimal/realistic patient/family goals.  Involves intra-and inter- disciplinary work with colleagues and community.  Body of knowledge and tools that allow the nurse to manage whatever Environmental and system resources exist for the patient/family and staff, within or across healthcare and non-healthcare systems.
• Consults and coordinates with team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans.
• Actively utilizes evidence-based practice and customer service data to improve caring practices.
• Effectively plans and communicates patient care plans.
• Facilitates active involvement of others in team meetings regarding patient care and/or practice issues.
• Seeks out opportunities to be taught, coached, and mentored.
• Recruits diverse resources when appropriate to optimize patient outcomes.
• Serves as a resource to department and patient/family.
• RESPONSE TO DIVERSITY – The sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences into the provision of care.  Differences may include, but are not limited to, cultural differences, personalities, spiritual beliefs, gender, race, ethnicity, lifestyle, socioeconomic status, age, and values.
• Integrates cultural differences into patient/family care; incorporates appropriate alternative therapies.
• Tailors healthcare culture to meet the diverse needs and strengths of each patient/family. 
• FACILITATION OF LEARNING – The ability to facilitate learning for patients/families, nursing staff, other members of the healthcare team, and community.  Include both formal and informal facilitation of learning.
• Develops and modifies patient/family education programs throughout delivery of care, collaborating and incorporating all healthcare providers’ and educational plans.
• Provides individualized care.
• Evaluates patient’s understanding by observing behavior changes throughout plan of care.
• Sets patient-driven goals for education.
• Work toward achieving Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
• CLINICAL INQUIRY (INNOVATOR/EVALUATOR) – The ongoing process of questioning and evaluating practice and providing informed practice.  Creating practice changes through research utilization and experimental learning.
• Adapts standards of care to serve particular patient populations.
• Seeks out advice to improve patient care.
• Evaluates current practices based on patient responses, analysis of literature, research, and education.
• Incorporates evidence based practice into care delivery.
• Actively pursues continuing educational opportunities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Skills

• Interaction between staff and children:
  • Interacts frequently, affectionately, and respectfully by smiling, touching, and holding children. Speaks in a friendly, calm, soft and courteous manner within close proximity of the child.
  • Respects and observes children’s interests. Intervenes when needed to maintain safety. Enhances children’s play with language, toys and activities. Encourages and models the appropriate behaviors and expectations.
  • Communicates directly with each child at the child’s level. Engages and communicates constructively with children during activities and routines. Positively extends children’s thinking and actions.
  • Maintains availability and responsiveness to children’s needs, questions, and requests. Acknowledges feelings with sensitivity and demonstrate appropriate expression of emotions.
  • Practices positive discipline techniques in guiding children’s behavior according to MMC’s guidelines.
  • Maintains attentiveness, flexibility and support with children and others during transitions among classrooms.
• Curriculum:
  • Implements a developmentally appropriate curriculum based upon the guidelines set forth in the Creative Curriculum which reflects observations and assessments of individual children. Plans a daily schedule which balances activities using the Creative Curriculum lesson plan.
  • Designs an environment which responds to children’s individual development, physical and emotional needs and interests through the use of Creative Curriculum. Fosters positive self-concepts by supporting individuality, independence, and choices. Encourages creative expression. Respects diversity by providing anti-bias, non-sexist language, images, and experiences which reflect both center and global communities.
  • Creates documentation of children’s accomplishments through anecdotal notes, observations and portfolios.
• Faculty/Parent Interactions:
  • Acknowledges parents and all classroom visitors. Invites input from parents regarding their child’s development and care. Responds to parents’ comments and concerns with sensitivity, interest, and respect.
  • Maintains confidentiality. Establishes and maintains a Primary Care giving relationship with individual children and their families. Assists in the planning and attend center/classroom events and meetings.
  • Communicates verbally and in writing with parents regarding the development and specific activities of the children in their primary care. Shares resources with parents through discussions, articles, parent boards, etc.
• Physical environment, health safety and nutrition:
  • Maintains and follow all safety and health rules of the center. Supervise children at all times. Demonstrates awareness of entire group while working with a small group or individuals. Encourages children to utilize appropriate health, safety and nutritional practices.
  • Knows the number of children in assigned group and maintains ratios at all times. Maintains accurate attendance records throughout the day. Completes appropriate paperwork (i.e. accidents, medication, etc.).
  • Keeps environment and equipment safe, clean and attractive. Encourages respect for classroom materials.  Alerts others supplies are needed. Organizes materials on low, open shelves for children to use independently.
• Professionalism:
  • Maintains confidentiality about issues concerning the out faculty members, children and families or MMC leadership and operations. Supports organizational mission, philosophies, values, goals, and policies.
  • Ensures continuity of care for children by reporting to work on time and maintaining consistent attendance, arranging and communicating leave requests in advance. Respects and adheres to staffing schedules which may be adjusted as programs needs change and may include working in another classroom.
  • Attends faculty meetings, training sessions and other center events. Continues professional growth by attending courses, asking for feedback and reading professional literature.
  • Receives constructive criticism with a willingness to improve. Provides feedback in a respectful manner.
• Teamwork:
  • Establishes and maintains cooperation and respect with co-workers. Assumes fair share of work and seeks ways to be helpful. Assumes other responsibilities as needed:  kitchen, pets, etc. Offers and shares ideas and materials with others.
  • Participates in teaching team through communication, collaboration and curriculum planning. Communicates and works to resolve conflicts quickly and avoid gossip. Exercises care in expressing views regarding the personal attributes or professional conduct of co-workers. Statements are based on first-hand knowledge and relevant to the interests of children and programs.
  • Performs other related work as required or requested.

Required Skills

• Interaction between staff and children:
  • Interacts frequently, affectionately, and respectfully by smiling, touching, and holding children. Speaks in a friendly, calm, soft and courteous manner within close proximity of the child.
  • Respects and observes children’s interests. Intervenes when needed to maintain safety. Enhances children’s play with language, toys and activities. Encourages and models the appropriate behaviors and expectations.
  • Communicates directly with each child at the child’s level. Engages and communicates constructively with children during activities and routines. Positively extends children’s thinking and actions.
  • Maintains availability and responsiveness to children’s needs, questions, and requests. Acknowledges feelings with sensitivity and demonstrate appropriate expression of emotions.
  • Practices positive discipline techniques in guiding children’s behavior according to MMC’s guidelines.
  • Maintains attentiveness, flexibility and support with children and others during transitions among classrooms.
• Curriculum:
  • Implements a developmentally appropriate curriculum based upon the guidelines set forth in the Creative Curriculum which reflects observations and assessments of individual children. Plans a daily schedule which balances activities using the Creative Curriculum lesson plan.
  • Designs an environment which responds to children’s individual development, physical and emotional needs and interests through the use of Creative Curriculum. Fosters positive self-concepts by supporting individuality, independence, and choices. Encourages creative expression. Respects diversity by providing anti-bias, non-sexist language, images, and experiences which reflect both center and global communities.
  • Creates documentation of children’s accomplishments through anecdotal notes, observations and portfolios.
• Faculty/Parent Interactions:
  • Acknowledges parents and all classroom visitors. Invites input from parents regarding their child’s development and care. Responds to parents’ comments and concerns with sensitivity, interest, and respect.
  • Maintains confidentiality. Establishes and maintains a Primary Care giving relationship with individual children and their families. Assists in the planning and attend center/classroom events and meetings.
  • Communicates verbally and in writing with parents regarding the development and specific activities of the children in their primary care. Shares resources with parents through discussions, articles, parent boards, etc.
• Physical environment, health safety and nutrition:
  • Maintains and follow all safety and health rules of the center. Supervise children at all times. Demonstrates awareness of entire group while working with a small group or individuals. Encourages children to utilize appropriate health, safety and nutritional practices.
  • Knows the number of children in assigned group and maintains ratios at all times. Maintains accurate attendance records throughout the day. Completes appropriate paperwork (i.e. accidents, medication, etc.).
  • Keeps environment and equipment safe, clean and attractive. Encourages respect for classroom materials.  Alerts others supplies are needed. Organizes materials on low, open shelves for children to use independently.
• Professionalism:
  • Maintains confidentiality about issues concerning the out faculty members, children and families or MMC leadership and operations. Supports organizational mission, philosophies, values, goals, and policies.
  • Ensures continuity of care for children by reporting to work on time and maintaining consistent attendance, arranging and communicating leave requests in advance. Respects and adheres to staffing schedules which may be adjusted as programs needs change and may include working in another classroom.
  • Attends faculty meetings, training sessions and other center events. Continues professional growth by attending courses, asking for feedback and reading professional literature.
  • Receives constructive criticism with a willingness to improve. Provides feedback in a respectful manner.
• Teamwork:
  • Establishes and maintains cooperation and respect with co-workers. Assumes fair share of work and seeks ways to be helpful. Assumes other responsibilities as needed:  kitchen, pets, etc. Offers and shares ideas and materials with others.
  • Participates in teaching team through communication, collaboration and curriculum planning. Communicates and works to resolve conflicts quickly and avoid gossip. Exercises care in expressing views regarding the personal attributes or professional conduct of co-workers. Statements are based on first-hand knowledge and relevant to the interests of children and programs.
  • Performs other related work as required or requested.

Required Skills

Interaction between staff and children:

1. Interact frequently, affectionately, and respectfully by smiling, touching, and holding children. Speak in a friendly, calm, soft and courteous manner within close proximity of the child. 

1. Respect and observe children’s interests. Intervene when needed to maintain safety.  Enhance children’s play with language, toys and activities. 

1. Communicate directly with each child at the child’s level.

1. Engage and communicate constructively with individual children during activities and routines. Take every opportunity to positively extend children’s thinking and actions. 

1. Be available and responsive to children’s needs, questions, and requests.

1. Encourage and model social behavior and expectations which are developmentally appropriate.

1. Acknowledge feelings with sensitivity and demonstrate appropriate expression of emotions.

1. Practice positive discipline techniques in guiding children’s behavior according to Memorial Child Care’s Guidelines for positive discipline.

1. Be attentive, flexible and supportive of children and their families during transitions to and from classrooms.

Curriculum:

1. Implement a developmentally appropriate curriculum based upon the guidelines set forth in the Creative Curriculum which reflects observations and assessments of individual children.

1. Assist in the design of an environment which responds to children’s individual developmental levels, physical and emotional needs and current interests through the use of Creative Curriculum.

1. Foster positive self-concepts by supporting individuality, independence, and the ability to make choices.

1. Encourage creative expression.

1. Demonstrate respect for diversity by providing anti-bias, non-sexist language, images, and experiences which reflect both center and global communities.

1. Share ideas in planning a daily schedule which provides a balance of activities using the Creative Curriculum lesson plan.

1. Assist in the documentation of children’s accomplishments through anecdotal notes, observations and portfolios.

Faculty/Parent Interactions:

1. Acknowledge parents and all classroom visitors. Demonstrate a friendly, courteous and professional manner.

1. Respond to parents’ comments and concerns with sensitivity, interest, and respect. Maintain confidentiality.

1. Participate in a Primary Care giving relationship with individual children and their families.

1. Share appropriate information with parents on a daily basis regarding the development and specific activities of the children in their primary care. Utilize appropriate written communication tools as assigned.

1. Assist in the planning and attend center/classroom events and meetings.

Physical environment, health safety and nutrition:

1. Maintain and follow all safety and health rules of the center.

1. Supervise children at all times. Demonstrate awareness of entire group while working with a small group or individuals.

1. Know the number of children in your group and maintain ratios at all times.

1. Maintain accurate attendance records throughout the day.

1. Complete appropriate paperwork (i.e. accidents, medication, etc.).

1. Encourage children to utilize appropriate health, safety and nutritional practices.

1. Keep environment and equipment safe, clean and attractive. Encourage respect for classroom materials.  Notify designated individual in advance when supplies are needed.

1. Assist in arrangement of space in clearly defined, well organized activity areas.

1. Organize a variety of materials on low, open shelves for children to used independently.

Professionalism:

1. Maintain confidentiality about issues concerning the out faculty members, children and families or Memorial Child Care management and operations. Must not involve parents in center concerns.

1. Become very familiar with ages and stages of development for those children under your care. Understand the general areas of physical, social, cognitive, and emotional development for this age group.

1. Support organizational mission, philosophies, values, goals, and policies to parents, co-workers, and community.

1. Ensure continuity of care for children by reporting to work on time and maintaining consistent attendance, arranging and communicating leave requests in advance.

1. Embodies the Memorial Health System Performance Excellence Standards of Safety, Courtesy, Quality, and Efficiency that support our mission, vision and values:

• • • SAFETY: Prevent Harm – I put safety first in everything I do.  I take action to ensure the safety of others.
    • COURTESY: Serve Others – I treat others with dignity and respect.  I project a professional image and positive attitude.
    • QUALITY: Improve Outcomes – I continually advance my knowledge, skills and performance.  I work with others to achieve superior results.
    • EFFICIENCY: Reduce Waste – I use time and resources wisely.  I prevent defects and delays.

1. Respect and adhere to staffing schedules which may be adjusted as programs needs change and may include working in another classroom.

1. Demonstrate flexibility and openness to new ideas in child care practices.

1. Attend faculty meetings, training sessions and other center events.

1. Continue professional growth by attending courses, asking for feedback and reading professional literature.

1. Receive constructive criticism with an attitude that indicates a willingness to improve. Give feedback in a respectful manner.

Teamwork:

1. Establish and maintain a relationship of cooperation and respect with co-workers.

1. Assume fair share of work. Look for ways to be helpful.  Demonstrate initiative.

1. Offer and share ideas and materials with co-workers.

1. Participate actively in teaching team through communication, collaboration and curriculum planning.

1. Communicate directly, work to resolve conflicts quickly and avoid gossip.

1. Exercise care in expressing views regarding the personal attributes or professional conduct of co-workers. Statements are based on first-hand knowledge and relevant to the interests of children and programs.

1. Assume additional classroom and center responsibilities as needed. (i.e. kitchen, pets, etc.).

1. Performs other related work as required or requested.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job.  Incumbents may be requested to perform tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

Required Skills

• CLINICAL JUDGEMENT – Clinical reasoning, which includes decision-making, critical thinking, and a global grasp of the situation, coupled with nursing skills acquired through a process of integrating formal and informal experiential knowledge and evidence-based guidelines.
  • Demonstrates the ability to assess the full scope of patient needs, using the nursing process on a continuous basis.
  • Utilizes past nursing experience to anticipate problems while seeking out multi-disciplinary collaboration with comfort, when necessary.
  • Recognizes patterns and trends that may predict the direction of illness.
• CARING PRACTICES:  Nursing activity that create a compassionate, supportive, and therapeutic environment for patients/families and staff.  Working on another’s behalf and representing the concerns of the patient/family and nursing staff; serving as a moral agent in identifying and helping to resolve ethical and clinical concerns within and outside the clinical setting.
  • Promotes safety throughout patient’s and family’s transitions along the healthcare continuum.
  • Actively anticipates and monitors patient and family changes, responds appropriately.
  • Effectively resolves patient complaints.
  • Engages all patients in a personalized, compassionate manner.
• COLLABORATION/SYSTEMS THINKING – Working with others (e.g., patients, families, healthcare providers) in a way that promotes/encourages each person’s contribution toward achieving optimal/realistic patient/family goals.  Involves intra-and inter- disciplinary work with colleagues and community.  Body of knowledge and tools that allow the nurse to manage whatever Environmental and system resources exist for the patient/family and staff, within or across healthcare and non-healthcare systems.
  • Consults and coordinates with team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans.
  • Actively utilizes evidence-based practice and customer service data to improve caring practices.
  • Effectively plans and communicates patient care plans.
  • Facilitates active involvement of others in team meetings regarding patient care and/or practice issues.
  • Seeks out opportunities to be taught, coached, and mentored.
  • Recruits diverse resources when appropriate to optimize patient outcomes.
  • Serves as a resource to department and patient/family.
• RESPONSE TO DIVERSITY – The sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences into the provision of care.  Differences may include, but are not limited to, cultural differences, personalities, spiritual beliefs, gender, race, ethnicity, lifestyle, socioeconomic status, age, and values.
  • Integrates cultural differences into patient/family care; incorporates appropriate alternative therapies.
  • Tailors healthcare culture to meet the diverse needs and strengths of each patient/family. 
• FACILITATION OF LEARNING – The ability to facilitate learning for patients/families, nursing staff, other members of the healthcare team, and community.  Include both formal and informal facilitation of learning.
  • Develops and modifies patient/family education programs throughout delivery of care, collaborating and incorporating all healthcare providers’ and educational plans.
  • Provides individualized care.
  • Evaluates patient’s understanding by observing behavior changes throughout plan of care.
  • Sets patient-driven goals for education.
  • Work toward achieving Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
• CLINICAL INQUIRY (INNOVATOR/EVALUATOR) – The ongoing process of questioning and evaluating practice and providing informed practice.  Creating practice changes through research utilization and experimental learning.
  • Adapts standards of care to serve particular patient populations.
  • Seeks out advice to improve patient care.
  • Evaluates current practices based on patient responses, analysis of literature, research, and education.
  • Incorporates evidence based practice into care delivery.
  • Actively pursues continuing educational opportunities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Skills

• CLINICAL JUDGEMENT – Clinical reasoning, which includes decision-making, critical thinking, and a global grasp of the situation, coupled with nursing skills acquired through a process of integrating formal and informal experiential knowledge and evidence-based guidelines.
  • Demonstrates the ability to assess the full scope of patient needs, using the nursing process on a continuous basis.
  • Utilizes past nursing experience to anticipate problems while seeking out multi-disciplinary collaboration with comfort, when necessary.
  • Recognizes patterns and trends that may predict the direction of illness.
• CARING PRACTICES:  Nursing activity that create a compassionate, supportive, and therapeutic environment for patients/families and staff.  Working on another’s behalf and representing the concerns of the patient/family and nursing staff; serving as a moral agent in identifying and helping to resolve ethical and clinical concerns within and outside the clinical setting.
  • Promotes safety throughout patient’s and family’s transitions along the healthcare continuum.
  • Actively anticipates and monitors patient and family changes, responds appropriately.
  • Effectively resolves patient complaints.
  • Engages all patients in a personalized, compassionate manner.
• COLLABORATION/SYSTEMS THINKING – Working with others (e.g., patients, families, healthcare providers) in a way that promotes/encourages each person’s contribution toward achieving optimal/realistic patient/family goals.  Involves intra-and inter- disciplinary work with colleagues and community.  Body of knowledge and tools that allow the nurse to manage whatever Environmental and system resources exist for the patient/family and staff, within or across healthcare and non-healthcare systems.
  • Consults and coordinates with team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans.
  • Actively utilizes evidence-based practice and customer service data to improve caring practices.
  • Effectively plans and communicates patient care plans.
  • Facilitates active involvement of others in team meetings regarding patient care and/or practice issues.
  • Seeks out opportunities to be taught, coached, and mentored.
  • Recruits diverse resources when appropriate to optimize patient outcomes.
  • Serves as a resource to department and patient/family.
• RESPONSE TO DIVERSITY – The sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences into the provision of care.  Differences may include, but are not limited to, cultural differences, personalities, spiritual beliefs, gender, race, ethnicity, lifestyle, socioeconomic status, age, and values.
  • Integrates cultural differences into patient/family care; incorporates appropriate alternative therapies.
  • Tailors healthcare culture to meet the diverse needs and strengths of each patient/family. 
• FACILITATION OF LEARNING – The ability to facilitate learning for patients/families, nursing staff, other members of the healthcare team, and community.  Include both formal and informal facilitation of learning.
  • Develops and modifies patient/family education programs throughout delivery of care, collaborating and incorporating all healthcare providers’ and educational plans.
  • Provides individualized care.
  • Evaluates patient’s understanding by observing behavior changes throughout plan of care.
  • Sets patient-driven goals for education.
  • Work toward achieving Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
• CLINICAL INQUIRY (INNOVATOR/EVALUATOR) – The ongoing process of questioning and evaluating practice and providing informed practice.  Creating practice changes through research utilization and experimental learning.
  • Adapts standards of care to serve particular patient populations.
  • Seeks out advice to improve patient care.
  • Evaluates current practices based on patient responses, analysis of literature, research, and education.
  • Incorporates evidence based practice into care delivery.
  • Actively pursues continuing educational opportunities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Skills

• CLINICAL JUDGEMENT – Clinical reasoning, which includes decision-making, critical thinking, and a global grasp of the situation, coupled with nursing skills acquired through a process of integrating formal and informal experiential knowledge and evidence-based guidelines.
  • Demonstrates the ability to assess the full scope of patient needs, using the nursing process on a continuous basis.
  • Utilizes past nursing experience to anticipate problems while seeking out multi-disciplinary collaboration with comfort, when necessary.
  • Recognizes patterns and trends that may predict the direction of illness.
• CARING PRACTICES:  Nursing activity that create a compassionate, supportive, and therapeutic environment for patients/families and staff.  Working on another’s behalf and representing the concerns of the patient/family and nursing staff; serving as a moral agent in identifying and helping to resolve ethical and clinical concerns within and outside the clinical setting.
  • Promotes safety throughout patient’s and family’s transitions along the healthcare continuum.
  • Actively anticipates and monitors patient and family changes, responds appropriately.
  • Effectively resolves patient complaints.
  • Engages all patients in a personalized, compassionate manner.
• COLLABORATION/SYSTEMS THINKING – Working with others (e.g., patients, families, healthcare providers) in a way that promotes/encourages each person’s contribution toward achieving optimal/realistic patient/family goals.  Involves intra-and inter- disciplinary work with colleagues and community.  Body of knowledge and tools that allow the nurse to manage whatever Environmental and system resources exist for the patient/family and staff, within or across healthcare and non-healthcare systems.
  • Consults and coordinates with team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans.
  • Actively utilizes evidence-based practice and customer service data to improve caring practices.
  • Effectively plans and communicates patient care plans.
  • Facilitates active involvement of others in team meetings regarding patient care and/or practice issues.
  • Seeks out opportunities to be taught, coached, and mentored.
  • Recruits diverse resources when appropriate to optimize patient outcomes.
  • Serves as a resource to department and patient/family.
• RESPONSE TO DIVERSITY – The sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences into the provision of care.  Differences may include, but are not limited to, cultural differences, personalities, spiritual beliefs, gender, race, ethnicity, lifestyle, socioeconomic status, age, and values.
  • Integrates cultural differences into patient/family care; incorporates appropriate alternative therapies.
  • Tailors healthcare culture to meet the diverse needs and strengths of each patient/family. 
• FACILITATION OF LEARNING – The ability to facilitate learning for patients/families, nursing staff, other members of the healthcare team, and community.  Include both formal and informal facilitation of learning.
  • Develops and modifies patient/family education programs throughout delivery of care, collaborating and incorporating all healthcare providers’ and educational plans.
  • Provides individualized care.
  • Evaluates patient’s understanding by observing behavior changes throughout plan of care.
  • Sets patient-driven goals for education.
  • Work toward achieving Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
• CLINICAL INQUIRY (INNOVATOR/EVALUATOR) – The ongoing process of questioning and evaluating practice and providing informed practice.  Creating practice changes through research utilization and experimental learning.
  • Adapts standards of care to serve particular patient populations.
  • Seeks out advice to improve patient care.
  • Evaluates current practices based on patient responses, analysis of literature, research, and education.
  • Incorporates evidence based practice into care delivery.
  • Actively pursues continuing educational opportunities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Skills

• CLINICAL JUDGEMENT – Clinical reasoning, which includes decision-making, critical thinking, and a global grasp of the situation, coupled with nursing skills acquired through a process of integrating formal and informal experiential knowledge and evidence-based guidelines.
  • Demonstrates the ability to assess the full scope of patient needs, using the nursing process on a continuous basis.
  • Utilizes past nursing experience to anticipate problems while seeking out multi-disciplinary collaboration with comfort, when necessary.
  • Recognizes patterns and trends that may predict the direction of illness.
• CARING PRACTICES:  Nursing activity that create a compassionate, supportive, and therapeutic environment for patients/families and staff.  Working on another’s behalf and representing the concerns of the patient/family and nursing staff; serving as a moral agent in identifying and helping to resolve ethical and clinical concerns within and outside the clinical setting.
  • Promotes safety throughout patient’s and family’s transitions along the healthcare continuum.
  • Actively anticipates and monitors patient and family changes, responds appropriately.
  • Effectively resolves patient complaints.
  • Engages all patients in a personalized, compassionate manner.
• COLLABORATION/SYSTEMS THINKING – Working with others (e.g., patients, families, healthcare providers) in a way that promotes/encourages each person’s contribution toward achieving optimal/realistic patient/family goals.  Involves intra-and inter- disciplinary work with colleagues and community.  Body of knowledge and tools that allow the nurse to manage whatever Environmental and system resources exist for the patient/family and staff, within or across healthcare and non-healthcare systems.
  • Consults and coordinates with team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans.
  • Actively utilizes evidence-based practice and customer service data to improve caring practices.
  • Effectively plans and communicates patient care plans.
  • Facilitates active involvement of others in team meetings regarding patient care and/or practice issues.
  • Seeks out opportunities to be taught, coached, and mentored.
  • Recruits diverse resources when appropriate to optimize patient outcomes.
  • Serves as a resource to department and patient/family.
• RESPONSE TO DIVERSITY – The sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences into the provision of care.  Differences may include, but are not limited to, cultural differences, personalities, spiritual beliefs, gender, race, ethnicity, lifestyle, socioeconomic status, age, and values.
  • Integrates cultural differences into patient/family care; incorporates appropriate alternative therapies.
  • Tailors healthcare culture to meet the diverse needs and strengths of each patient/family. 
• FACILITATION OF LEARNING – The ability to facilitate learning for patients/families, nursing staff, other members of the healthcare team, and community.  Include both formal and informal facilitation of learning.
  • Develops and modifies patient/family education programs throughout delivery of care, collaborating and incorporating all healthcare providers’ and educational plans.
  • Provides individualized care.
  • Evaluates patient’s understanding by observing behavior changes throughout plan of care.
  • Sets patient-driven goals for education.
  • Work toward achieving Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
• CLINICAL INQUIRY (INNOVATOR/EVALUATOR) – The ongoing process of questioning and evaluating practice and providing informed practice.  Creating practice changes through research utilization and experimental learning.
  • Adapts standards of care to serve particular patient populations.
  • Seeks out advice to improve patient care.
  • Evaluates current practices based on patient responses, analysis of literature, research, and education.
  • Incorporates evidence based practice into care delivery.
  • Actively pursues continuing educational opportunities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Skills

Essential Functions and Job Duties

• CLINICAL JUDGEMENT – Clinical reasoning, which includes decision-making, critical thinking, and a global grasp of the situation, coupled with nursing skills acquired through a process of integrating formal and informal experiential knowledge and evidence-based guidelines.
• Demonstrates the ability to assess the full scope of patient needs, using the nursing process on a continuous basis.
• Utilizes past nursing experience to anticipate problems while seeking out multi-disciplinary collaboration with comfort, when necessary.
• Recognizes patterns and trends that may predict the direction of illness.
• CARING PRACTICES:  Nursing activity that create a compassionate, supportive, and therapeutic environment for patients/families and staff.  Working on another’s behalf and representing the concerns of the patient/family and nursing staff; serving as a moral agent in identifying and helping to resolve ethical and clinical concerns within and outside the clinical setting.
• Promotes safety throughout patient’s and family’s transitions along the healthcare continuum.
• Actively anticipates and monitors patient and family changes, responds appropriately.
• Effectively resolves patient complaints.
• Engages all patients in a personalized, compassionate manner.
• COLLABORATION/SYSTEMS THINKING – Working with others (e.g., patients, families, healthcare providers) in a way that promotes/encourages each person’s contribution toward achieving optimal/realistic patient/family goals.  Involves intra-and inter- disciplinary work with colleagues and community.  Body of knowledge and tools that allow the nurse to manage whatever Environmental and system resources exist for the patient/family and staff, within or across healthcare and non-healthcare systems.
• Consults and coordinates with team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans.
• Actively utilizes evidence-based practice and customer service data to improve caring practices.
• Effectively plans and communicates patient care plans.
• Facilitates active involvement of others in team meetings regarding patient care and/or practice issues.
• Seeks out opportunities to be taught, coached, and mentored.
• Recruits diverse resources when appropriate to optimize patient outcomes.
• Serves as a resource to department and patient/family.
• RESPONSE TO DIVERSITY – The sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences into the provision of care.  Differences may include, but are not limited to, cultural differences, personalities, spiritual beliefs, gender, race, ethnicity, lifestyle, socioeconomic status, age, and values.
• Integrates cultural differences into patient/family care; incorporates appropriate alternative therapies.
• Tailors healthcare culture to meet the diverse needs and strengths of each patient/family. 
• FACILITATION OF LEARNING – The ability to facilitate learning for patients/families, nursing staff, other members of the healthcare team, and community.  Include both formal and informal facilitation of learning.
• Develops and modifies patient/family education programs throughout delivery of care, collaborating and incorporating all healthcare providers’ and educational plans.
• Provides individualized care.
• Evaluates patient’s understanding by observing behavior changes throughout plan of care.
• Sets patient-driven goals for education.
• Work toward achieving Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
• CLINICAL INQUIRY (INNOVATOR/EVALUATOR) – The ongoing process of questioning and evaluating practice and providing informed practice.  Creating practice changes through research utilization and experimental learning.
• Adapts standards of care to serve particular patient populations.
• Seeks out advice to improve patient care.
• Evaluates current practices based on patient responses, analysis of literature, research, and education.
• Incorporates evidence based practice into care delivery.
• Actively pursues continuing educational opportunities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.