Nurse Staff/Educator
PLT College & Medical Center
Total years of experience :2 years, 10 Months
Clinical nurse educators develop curricula for nurse educator programs. They teach healthcare topics to unlicensed nursing students as well as practicing nurses. Class content includes not only didactic coursework but also hands-on clinical experience and lessons in professional responsibility. Depending on his or her position or work environment, a clinical nurse educator might collaborate with other professionals to refine nursing program content; for example, a women's health advocate may visit a nursing class addressing this subject.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
• Demonstrates and teaches patient care in classroom and clinical units to nursing students and instructs students in principles and application of physical, biological, and psychological subjects related to nursing:
• Lectures to students, conducts and supervises laboratory work, issues assignments, and directs seminars and panels.
• Supervises student nurses and demonstrates patient care in clinical units of hospital.
• Prepares and administers examinations, evaluates student progress, and maintains records of student classroom and clinical experience.
• Participates in planning curriculum, teaching schedule, and course outline.
• Cooperates with medical and nursing personnel in evaluating and improving teaching and nursing practices.
• May specialize in specific subject, such as anatomy, chemistry, psychology, or nutrition, or in type of nursing activity, such as nursing of medical or surgical patients.
• May conduct classes for patients in health practices and procedures.
JOB SUMMARY
Under general direction, manages and directs nursing care activities and coordinates care planning with other disciplines.
JOB DESCRIPTION
• Ensures efficient and coordinated clinic flow by coordinating and planning clinic activities; communicates patient’s needs; makes referrals; serves as a resource person of insurance information.
• Delivers direct patient care; assesses patients physical, psychosocial and/or emotional needs; provides patient and family teaching; triages patients and informs physician of patient status; responds to phone messages from patients and informs physicians as needed; orders supplies; stocks and maintains patient’s rooms; sterilizes instruments.
• Administers medications as assigned; serves as a resource person for knowledge of medication uses, side effects, and dosage; checks for proper medication order; documents medications; obtains required consent forms to administer immunizations; notifies pharmacies of physician approved prescriptions; reviews drug samples to insure they have not exceeded the expiration date; labels sample drugs and educates patients of medication administration.
• Performs other duties as assigned.