Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner - Neurology Specialty
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System
- Baton Rouge, LA
Job description
To provide nursing medical care for high acuity patients in collaboration with a physician.
Patient Care
• Provides direct patient care management to high acuity patients including performing histories and physicals, admits, and discharges; related to the care of specialty patients focusing on the maintenance, achievement, and restoration of optimal functions of patients.
• The NP will also visit patients prior to surgery, conduct discharge teaching afterward, and prescribe medications, including narcotics.
Partnership and Collaboration
• Plans, implements and evaluates nursing medical care consistent with medical treatment and care in collaboration with a physician. Additionally, the practitioner will initiate or modify medical treatment within an established plan of medical protocol.
• The NP will assist with consults, write orders, coordinate with consulting physicians, and accompany physicians on rounds. The NP will analyze clinical data; order and/or perform necessary diagnostic tests or procedures; develop, implement, and evaluate the therapeutic regimen.
Quality
• The NP will teach and provide support for patients and their families; minimize fragmentation by providing coordination of care; manage transition of the patient to step-down units or to out-patient settings; and serve as patient advocates.
Other Duties As Assigned
• Performs other duties as assigned or requested.
• Criteria for Hospital Setting Nurse Practitioner: Patients of this role are of higher acuity in a specialized area This role involves being on call; This role involves hospital rounds; This role would be involved in assisting MDs with procedures (in clinic and/or hospital)
Education : Masters degree in Nursing
Licensure : ACLS; RN;BLS (Basic Life Support) Certification Current/unrestricted RN license; Advanced Practice License; ANCC (American Nurses Credentialing Center)
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