Staff RN TCU FT Nights

Core Competencies

• Adheres to infection prevention guidelines
  
  
• Adheres to policies, procedures, and standards of practice to deliver safe and optimal care
  
  
• Assesses patient history, physiological, and psychosocial status
  
  
• Communicates with the patient, family, medical staff and others during the continuum of care
  
  
• Complies with Joint Commission’s national patient safety goals
  
  
• Complies with organizational quality dashboard/benchmarking goals
  
  
• Interprets common variables affecting patient care and follows reporting process
  
  
• Maintains regulatory compliance consistent with quality standards and ethical obligations of the profession
  
  
• Participates in activities in alignment with the Magnet Model
  
  
• Participates in organizational activities
  
  
• Participates in Peer Review
  
  
• Participates in professional development activities
  
  
• Performs as a preceptor in an active and engaged manner
  
  
• Provides age-specific individualized care that supports protection from harm and complies with patient safety centered interventions/bundles
  
  
• Provides patient and family education throughout the care of patient
  
  
• Uses critical thinking to formulate and carry out a care plan according to patient needs
  
  
• Utilizes resources in an economical manner
  
  
• Utilizes safe administration of medications
  
  
• Utilizes Safe Patient Handling
  
  

Department Specific Competencies

• Educate patients and families regarding the disease, diagnostic procedures needed and goals of treatment with radiation therapy.
  
  
• Educate patients and families and manage the symptoms and side effects from radiation treatments (e.g., use of medications, dietary changes, activity changes, skin care, oral care)
  
  
• Assess patients psychosocial issues (home situation, availability of support, past coping mechanisms, financial concerns, work status, etc.)
  
  
• Coordinate care for patients receiving multimodality treatment (schedules for patients, dates of surgery, radiation, imaging, etc.)
  
  
• Counsel on specific issues of concern (sexuality, end-of-life issues).
  
  
• Refer patients (as needed) for social work, psychiatry.
  
  
• Provide skin care (sprays/irrigations, application of skin care products, dressing changes).
  
  
• Assist with various procedures (physical exams, simulations, brachytherapy).
  
  
• Monitor patients receiving treatment (conscious sedation, brachytherapy, anesthesia).
  
  
• Develop policies, procedures, and standards of care as it pertains to Radiation Oncology.
  
  
• Assess symptoms at weekly treatment/status check visits.
  
  
• Assess for long term effects at follow up visits.
  
  
• Administer medication (pain medication, IV contrast) as ordered.
  
  
• Refer as needed for nutrition, enterostomal therapy, speech therapy, and physical therapy.
  
  
• Participates in Oncology Committee Meetings.
  
  
• Develop patient education materials.
  
  
• Provide statistics for department as needed.
  
  
• Collect blood and urine specimens.
  
  
• Participate in managing supplies and equipment.
  
  

Education

License / Certification Requirements