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About The Position

Requirements

• Advanced Practice License from the Louisiana State Board of Nursing.
• Certification as a Nurse Practitioner by ANCC or AANP.
• Current Louisiana state RN license.
• Current BLS Certification, to be obtained within 6 months of hire.
• Customer service skills.
• Verbal and communication skills.
• Computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients, document teaching and learning needs, obtain detailed nursing histories, identify patients at physiologic or psychological risk, and determine priority care needs.
• Formulate diagnoses and order appropriate therapeutic and diagnostic procedures in accordance with care standards and protocols.
• Implement treatment plans, consult and refer to the interdisciplinary team as appropriate, and coordinate patient care activities.
• Reassess, revise, and modify plans of care based on physiologic and psychosocial findings; review plans with the interdisciplinary team and discuss them with patients and families.
• Order tests and consultations as required by the plan of care and review test results.
• Develop, revise, and evaluate patient education programs based on identified risk factors and learning effectiveness.
• Accurately document patient care in accordance with documentation standards, including age-appropriate health education and community resource use.
• Evaluate documentation outcomes and contribute to performance improvement initiatives through medical record review.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and incorporate their expertise to achieve patient outcomes and continuity of care.
• Precept students according to specified guidelines.
• Identify, provide, develop, and maintain learning resources for the patient care team as requested.
• Provide safe, holistic, systematic therapeutic care to help patients achieve desired outcomes.
• Recognize trends in patient populations, explore alternatives to care, and assist with revising standards, guidelines, and protocols as needed.
• Participate in clinical research and review current nursing research literature, applying findings to clinical practice.
• Analyze practices that contribute to variance, identify resources for variance analysis, and assist in drawing conclusions from aggregate data.
• Assist in developing and revising standards for patient populations using an interdisciplinary approach, best practices, and research findings.
• Complete other assigned duties within specified time frames.
• Participate in hospital committees and other quality improvement activities as requested by the manager.
• May lead and direct the work of others within scope of practice.