RN Infectious Illness Worldwide Travel Capitol Hill at Kaiser Permanente

Description:

INTERNATIONAL PRE-TRAVEL GUIDANCE CLINIC BASED TELEHEALTH, VACCINE PRACTICE. KEY ROLES IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE PREVENTION

Job Summary:

Provide nursing care to an outlined group of sufferers, adhering to Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington ambulatory Nursing Care Standards, the Nursing Code of Ethics and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington insurance policies.  Coordinate and facilitate Health Care companies for the affected person in different segments of the Health Care supply system.  Provide and coordinate nursing take care of the affected person in collaboration with the Health Care workforce.  The Registered Nurse is an integral member of the Health Care workforce, overseeing and taking part in affected person evaluation and the formulation and implementation of the care plan.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Using the nursing course of, supplies ongoing evaluation of the nursing care wants of an outlined group of sufferers.  Uses nursing analysis to explain this evaluation. Develops a written plan of take care of affected person care wants. Assists sufferers and households/important others in growing well being care objectives that are a part of the individualized plan of care. Determines priorities of affected person care primarily based on important affected person wants and accessible sources. Provides nursing interventions safely and competently.  Provides the affected person and household/important others with info previous interventions. Provides phone session to sufferers and household/important others Provides ongoing analysis of the sufferers response to care. Anticipates and acknowledges adjustments within the sufferers standing and wish for nursing care. Modifies the person plan of care in collaboration with the well being care workforce.
• Demonstrates understanding of the physiologic and psychological results of regular ageing by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care to satisfy the wants of these populations served. Demonstrates efficient communication expertise with these particular age populations served. Identifies personal studying wants and participates in instructional applications associated to these age-specific affected person populations served (Neonatal, Pediatric, Adolescent, Geriatric). Collaborates, communicates and coordinates with different well being care workforce members in planning and implementing care. Assesses the wants of designated sufferers requiring hospitalization; initiates nursing admission database and discharge planning in collaboration with inpatient employees and doctor. Cooperates and communicates successfully with different workforce members as a way to accomplish the workload.
• Communicates recognition of the sufferers and household/important others psychosocial, cultural and emotional wants in every nurse-patient interplay. Orients sufferers and household/important others to the function of the skilled nurse and different well being care workforce members, the nursing companies accessible, and the technique of entry to these companies. Reinforces orientation to the Consumer Bill of Rights and Responsibilities. Identifies the sufferers instructional wants as a part of the nursing evaluation. Develops an academic element for every nursing care plan. Provides educating/counseling congruent with sufferers and household/important others studying wants and the medical plan of care. Encourages affected person compliance with therapeutic and medical regimens. Teaching is predicated on scientific and behavioral data.
• Assesses affected person way of life threat components. Integrates well being promotion and preventive elements of care with the continuing evaluation of nursing care wants. Works with affected person to develop a plan to enhance common well being standing. Implements bodily and psychological preventive measures. Promotes affected person self-care accountability for assembly their very own well being wants. Adheres to KFHPW documentation requirements. Provides a secure atmosphere for every affected person and adheres to KFHPW security requirements. Adheres to KFHPW an infection management requirements and tips, together with the rules for reporting communicable illnesses.
• Identifies personal studying wants and participates in continued education schemes to satisfy these wants. Participates in employees orientation and scholar training actions. Collaborates with managers in finishing the method for self and colleague/workforce efficiency critiques.  Assures high quality of care via growth, implementation and analysis {of professional} nursing requirements and participation in multidisciplinary high quality assurance actions. Participates in skilled actions. Participates in nursing analysis and incorporates analysis findings into nursing apply. Adheres to KFHPW personnel insurance policies and maintains a excessive normal {of professional} work habits.  Consistently demonstrates an look per present KFHPW gown code coverage.