Staff Nurse-OPD Surgical- Surgical Clinic

Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City

Health teaching and health promotion:

• Utilizes teaching strategies appropriate to the individual patient's condition and learning needs.
• Uses health promotion to support patients and families in developing skills that promote, maintain, or restore healthy lifestyles and self-management support.
• Seeks opportunities for feedback and evaluation of the effectiveness of the strategies used, including teach back.
• Ensures that all components of the health education, relevant to the clinical condition, is documented in the patient health record.

Evaluation: Evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes.

• Evaluates the patient/family's understanding of and response to the plan of care.
• Utilizes systematic and ongoing assessment data to revise nursing diagnoses, outcomes, and the plan of care.
• Involves the patient, family and healthcare team members in the evaluation process.
• Provides a comprehensive clinical handover/report as required to ensure patient safety.
• Attends patient care rounds, communicates, and updates the attending healthcare provider on changes in the patient s condition.
• Communicates with the patient care team about ongoing changes in patient s plan of care and unit activity
• Documents the reassessment of patient status; patient and family participation and understanding; and the rationale for any revision in the plan of care.

Evidence-based Practice and Research: Integrates evidence and research findings into practice.

• Utilizes current evidence-based nursing knowledge, including research findings, to guide and evaluate practice.
• Participates in evidence-based and research activities at various levels appropriate to the nurse's level of education and position.
• Shares evidence-based and research findings with healthcare team members.
• Participates in performance improvement projects for the evaluation and improvement of clinical practice

Leadership: Demonstrates leadership behaviors in practice settings, across the profession, and in the community.

• Functions as a professional role model promoting a positive, team-based, organized, and safe work environment.
• Coordinates and supervises delegated activities to assure completion and serve as a resource for other healthcare team members
• Demonstrates critical thinking in priority setting and decision making in response to patient needs.
• Pursues informal and formal leadership opportunities
• Participates actively in organizational shared decision-making situations that improve the nursing practice, organizational performance, and outcomes.
• Supervises practical nurses and junior staff and student nurses to ensure the provision of safe and effective patient care.

Accountabilities

• Applies the principles of professional codes of ethics that ensure individual rights in all areas of Practice:
• Maintains a professional and therapeutic nurse-patient relationship and serves as a patient advocate assisting patients and families in developing skills for self-advocacy.
• Speaks up to question healthcare practices as appropriate for safety and quality improvement.
• Discloses any observed illegal or incompetent practices and decisions made by potentially impaired health care staff per organizational policy.
• Evaluates own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, rules and regulations.
• Considers factors related to effectiveness, cost, environmental health, and impact on practice and organization.
• Utilizes current resources related to standards of care, policies and procedures, and patient needs.
• Navigates and utilizes electronic resources for information retrieval, communication, and documentation.
• Evaluates factors related to patient safety, effectiveness, availability, and cost when determining practice options.
• Promotes a practice environment that reduces environmental health risks for staff.
• Communicates environmental health risks and exposure reduction strategies to healthcare consumers, families, colleagues, and communities.
• Demonstrates a commitment to continuous learning and education for self and others and mentors healthcare team members for the advancement of nursing practices, the profession, and quality healthcare.
• Oversees and responds to all levels of emergencies according to the organizations policies and procedures.