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Dumont Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Care lists this Wound Nurse opportunity in city of new rochelle, New York. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Department: Nursing
Job Title: Wound care Nurse Reports To:Director of Nursing Coordinates With:AllDepartments
EducationalRequirement:RegisteredNurseforatleast2years
Position Summary:
The WoundCareNurseisresponsible for theoverall follow upof allthe residents in thefacilitywithall types of wounds.
Functions:
1.Checksallnewadmissionsandreadmissionsforpresenceofwounds.
2.CoordinateswithallUnitManagersandNursingSupervisors forallnosocomialwounds.
3.Ensuresthattreatmentordersareinplace.
4.Monitorstheresponseofthetreatmentorders.
5.WeeklyWoundroundswithWoundDoctor.
6.InitiatestheindividualWoundcareplans.
7.Initiates andupdatestheweeklywoundtrackinganddistributestotheotherdepartments.
8.UpdatesandevaluatestheWoundcareplansquarterlyandwhenthereisasignificantchange.
9.Informs the NextofKinof the residents withwounds on admission, readmission, andin-house developed anddocuments in theprogress notes.
10.Ensuresthattheresidentwithwoundshavespecializedmattressandoff-loadingdevices.
11.CoordinateswithRehab Departmentforpositioningdevices.
12.CoordinateswiththeDieticianforthenutritionalneeds.
13.CoordinateswiththeAttendingDoctorsforbloodvaluesandchangesinthetreatmentorders.
14.Coordinates withtheUnit Managers andSupervisors in ensuringthat treatments are done,and specialized mattresses andoff-loadingdevices are in-place.
15.Makesaweekly auditfor off-loadingdevicesandspecial mattresses andreports to the Director of Nursing her/his findings.
16.AssisttheNursingDepartmentasneeded.AsperthedirectiveoftheDNSandorADNS.
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