Nurse Practitioner - Family Medicine Residency Clinic

Responsibilities

• Patient assessment and teaching and learning needs are accurately documented, detailed nursing history is obtained, and patients at physiologic and or psychological risk are identified.
• Diagnosis is appropriately formulated with pertinent therapeutic and diagnostic procedures ordered.
• Treatment plan is implemented with consults and referrals with interdisciplinary team.
• Plan of care is reassessed, revised and modified based on physiological and psychosocial findings.
• Plan of care is discussed with patient and family.
• Education is provided to patients based upon identified risk factors.
• All patient care activities are accurately documented.
• Multidisciplinary teams are utilized appropriately.
• Communication facilitated to maximize patient outcomes.
• Identifies, provides, develops and maintains learning resources for patient care team.
• Patient documentation is accurate and legible.
• Safe therapeutic care is provided in holistic and systematic way.
• Trends in patient populations are recognized and alternatives to care are explored.
• Participation in clinical research and review of current nursing research literature.
• Assistance in the development and revision of standards for patient populations.
• Other duties as assigned are completed within specified time frames.

Qualifications

• Advanced Practice License from Louisiana State Board of Nursing and Certification as Nurse Practitioner by ANCC or AANP.
• Current Louisiana state RN license.
• Current BLS Certification (within 6 months of hire).