Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States
Charge nurse who oversees patient admissions, transfers, and discharges. Uses evidence-based to guide healthcare decision-making. Involves patients and family in care plan meetings and keeps patients engage in their care. Follows hospital policies and guidelines to ensure that the patients and the staff are safe at all times. Responsible for administrative duties such as creating nursing assignments and attending daily patient care meetings. Focuses heavily on patients' mental health by encouraging them to participate in support groups, keeping patients informed of their treatment plans, and reassessing medication effectiveness—documents of patients' events and medicine correctly into the EMR system, Cerner. Maintain unit and patient safety, de-escalate stressful situations. Monitor violent and suicidal patients. Monitor patients on 1:1 and Line of sight. Collaborates with doctors and case management to ensure treatment success during admission and post-discharge.