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NURSING GRADUATE - NEURO CARE UNIT - AUGUST 2024 COHORT
Luminis Health • Highland Beach, MD 21403 • Posted 3 days ago
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A nursing graduate at Luminis Health's Neuro Care Unit is authorized to practice under the direct supervision of a registered nurse for 90 days post-graduation or until the NCLEX examination results are received. The role involves transcribing medication orders, administering medications and controlled substances, documenting in the medical record, performing patient assessments, and performing routine procedures taught in the nursing graduate's generic nursing program.
Responsibilities
- Transcribe medication orders per written policies and procedures once skill validation has been successfully completed.
- Administer medications and controlled substances and sign controlled substances sheets
- Document in the medical record with the abbreviation NG
- Perform patient assessments after the initial assessment or after the first assessment of the shift performed by the registered nurse.
- Perform and document routine procedures taught within the nursing graduate's generic nursing program including placing nasal gastric tubes, performing urinary catheterizations, applying sterile dressings, performing blood sugar checks and obtaining specimens.
Qualifications
Required
- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program.
- Eligible to sit for NCLEX.
- A nursing graduate shall cease practice as a nursing graduate immediately if the nursing graduate fails the initial NCLEX examination or has not taken NCLEX exam within 90 days of graduation.
Full Job Description
Overview:
A nursing graduate may practice as set forth by the Maryland Board of Nursing for 90 days from graduation or until they have received results from the initial NCLEX examination. In addition, the nursing graduate shall practice only under the direct supervision of a registered nurse who is physically present on the unit to (1) cosign medication transcription, medication administration, and nursing documentation; and (2) continually observe, assist, coordinate, evaluate, and monitor the nursing graduate. The nursing graduate shall use the initials NG after the nursing graduate's name as credentials.
Transcribe medication orders per written policies and procedures once skill validation has been successfully completed.
Administer medications and controlled substances and sign controlled substances sheets
Document in the medical record with the abbreviation NG
Perform patient assessments after the initial assessment or after the first assessment of the shift performed by the registered nurse.
Perform and document routine procedures taught within the nursing graduate's generic nursing program including placing nasal gastric tubes, performing urinary catheterizations, applying sterile dressings, performing blood sugar checks and obtaining specimens.
Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program.
Eligible to sit for NCLEX; A nursing graduate shall cease practice as a nursing graduate immediately if the nursing graduate fails the initial NCLEX examination or has not taken NCLEX exam within 90 days of graduation.
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