RN Rapid Response Team - PRN/Night - North Fulton

Patient Care

• Responds to RRT calls.
• Captures, monitors, and trends RRT data.
• Analyzes data to determine opportunities for improvement.
• Communicates with medical staff, nursing staff, other disciplines and departments as required to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
• Intervenes in patient crisis to promote quality patient care.
• Documents assessment, interventions, and outcomes in patient medical record; utilizes SBAR documentation.
• Develops and implements clinical practice guidelines for RRT.
• Makes recommendations for improvements based on data trends.
• Monitors patient outcomes and conducts follow-up as required.
• Assesses patient and family or support system needs.
• Educates patient, families or support system as required and documents.
• Educates staff pertaining to RRT.

Data Monitoring

• Collects, monitors, and trends RRT data.
• Analyzes data to determine opportunities for improvement.
• Reports findings to medical staff and nursing leadership as requested.
• Initiates and implements improvements related to RRT based on data trends.
• Analyzes patient code data to identify trends and makes recommendations for improvements based on data.
• Maintains confidentiality.

Professional Practice

• Serves as professional role model within professional nursing utilizing professional clinical judgment.
• Serves as a mentor in the development of peers and clinical staff.
• Liaison between medical staff and patients and families.
• Creates and maintains supportive work environment conducive to quality patient care including taking corrective action when needed.
• Supports fiscal accountability for human and material resources.
• Collaborates with Nurse Manager to recruit and retain staff.
• Supports performance improvement initiatives designed to promote quality patient care.
• Promotes professional nursing practice through shared governance, evidence-based practice and ethical accountability.
• Maintains confidentiality.