Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Ensures that patients experience reasonable, maximum relief of withdrawal and acute medical/surgical symptoms. Delivers effective nursing care for chronic medical and psychiatric conditions, calling upon medical and psychiatric resources, as needed.
- Assess and appropriately address the medical needs of patients from any level of care, including potential admissions, as defined in the RN scope of practice.
- Provides medication education to clients, including intended effects and actual side effects of prescribed medications. Evaluates clients for actual effects on a routine basis, seeking timely modification of medication orders when desired effects are not achieved and documents timely.
- Ensures negative outcomes to withdrawal are minimized. Monitors and reports any negative outcomes, as per policy.
- Ensures that the covering MD/PA/APRN is notified of all pertinent information in a timely fashion.
- Provides behaviorally oriented nursing interventions. Calls upon psychiatric resources and performs crisis intervention, as needed.
- Collaborate with physicians or APRNs to create a Plan of Care for each patient.
- Documentation in patient electronic medical records via EPIC.
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