professional nursing and student codes. Safe environment Ability to accurately identify patients. Prioritizes tasks to ensure patient for patients, Ability to effectively communicate safety and standard of care. families and with other caregivers. Maintains adequate concentration co-workers Ability to administer medications and attention in patient care settings. safely and accurately. Seeks assistance when clinical Ability to operate equipment safely in situation requires a higher level or the clinical area. expertise/experience. Ability to recognize and minimize Responds to monitor alarms, hazards that could increase emergency signals, call bells from healthcare associated infections. patients, and orders in a rapid and Ability to recognize and minimize effective manner. accident hazards in the clinical setting including hazards that contribute to patient, family and Communication Ability to communicate in English with Gives verbal directions to or follows accuracy, clarity and efficiency with verbal directions from other members patients, their families and other of the healthcare team and members of the health care team participates in health care team (including spoken and non-verbal discussions of patient care. communication, such as Elicits and records information interpretation of facial expressions, health history, current health state affect and body language). and responses to treatment from Required communication abilities, patients or family members. including speech, hearing, reading, Conveys information to clients and writing, language skills and computer others to teach, direct and counsel literacy individuals in an accurate, effective Communicate professionally and and timely manner. civilly to the healthcare team Establishes and maintain effective including peers, instructors, and working relations with patients and preceptors. co-workers. Recognizes and reports critical patient information to other caregivers. Cognitive/ Ability to read and understand written Calculates appropriate medication Conceptual/ documents in English and solve dosage given specific patient Quantitative problems involving measurement, parameters. Abilities calculation, reasoning, analysis and Analyze and synthesize data and synthesis. develop an appropriate plan of care. Ability to gather data, to develop a Collects data, prioritize needs and plan of action, establish priorities and anticipate reactions. monitor and evaluate treatment plans Comprehend spatial relationships and modalities. adequate to properly administer Ability to comprehend injections, start intravenous lines or and spatial relationships. assess wounds of varying depths. Ability to react effectively in an Recognizes an emergency situation emergency situation. and responds effectively to safeguard the patient and caregivers. Transfers knowledge from one situation to another.
professional nursing and student codes. Safe environment for patients, families and co-workers Ability to accurately identify patients. Ability to effectively communicate with other caregivers. Ability to administer medications safely and accurately. Ability to operate equipment safely in the clinical area. Ability to recognize and minimize hazards that could increase healthcare associated infections. Ability to recognize and minimize accident hazards in the clinical setting including hazards that contribute to patient, family and Prioritizes tasks to ensure patient safety and standard of care. Maintains adequate concentration and attention in patient care settings. Seeks assistance when clinical situation requires a higher level or expertise/experience. Responds to monitor alarms, emergency signals, call bells from patients, and orders in a rapid and effective manner. Communication Ability to communicate in English with accuracy, clarity and efficiency with patients, their families and other members of the health care team (including spoken and non-verbal communication, such as interpretation of facial expressions, affect and body language). Required communication abilities, including speech, hearing, reading, writing, language skills and computer literacy Communicate professionally and civilly to the healthcare team including peers, instructors, and preceptors. Gives verbal directions to or follows verbal directions from other members of the healthcare team and participates in health care team discussions of patient care. Elicits and records information health history, current health state and responses to treatment from patients or family members. Conveys information to clients and others to teach, direct and counsel individuals in an accurate, effective and timely manner. Establishes and maintain effective working relations with patients and co-workers. Recognizes and reports critical patient information to other caregivers. Cognitive/ Conceptual/ Quantitative Abilities Ability to read and understand written documents in English and solve problems involving measurement, calculation, reasoning, analysis and synthesis. Ability to gather data, to develop a plan of action, establish priorities and monitor and evaluate treatment plans and modalities. Ability to comprehend and spatial relationships. Ability to react effectively in an emergency situation. Calculates appropriate medication dosage given specific patient parameters. Analyze and synthesize data and develop an appropriate plan of care. Collects data, prioritize needs and anticipate reactions. Comprehend spatial relationships adequate to properly administer injections, start intravenous lines or assess wounds of varying depths. Recognizes an emergency situation and responds effectively to safeguard the patient and caregivers. Transfers knowledge from one situation to another.