What are the responsibilities and job description for the MET RN - Days position at jpshealthnet?
Description: The Medical Emergency Team (MET) Nurse is specialized in providing critical medical care and specialized treatment to patients who are critically injured or severely ill. The MET Nurse responds to urgent and emergent patient needs including sepsis, inpatient stroke activations, and standard ICU nursing needs and performs triage while considering physical and psychosocial elements. The MET Nurse is an elite nurse who serves as a clinical expert and resource in the specialized care of critically injured/ill patients.
Typical Duties:
- Provides proper patient care for patients and families including triaging patients and determining priority of care based on physical, psychological, and social needs as well as patient flow through the emergency care system.
- Assists physicians in hospital emergency departments, ambulances, helicopters, and urgent care centers, etc. to include administering and documenting medication.
- Responds to all MET calls, Code Blues, and Code Strokes within 5 minutes; contacts Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Team Leader for back-up when unavailable. Maintains documentation for all MET, Code Blue calls, and/or activations.
- Reviews identified MET patients in system on an hourly basis.
- Rounds on potential MET patients and collaborates with primary RN for further interventions.
- Facilitates in-patient staff documents on Code Narrator when necessary.
- Attends scheduled case review, Resuscitation Readiness Committee, and Critical Care Committee meetings.
- Serves as a clinical expert and resource in the specialized care of patients through assessment, communication, immediate interventions, patient and/or family education, and support.
- Delivers nursing care to patients; educates patient, family, and team on identified knowledge deficits, treatment planning and pain management. Provides emotional support utilizing the nursing process.
- Anticipates deteriorating life sign patterns or equipment malfunctions and takes appropriate action.
- Maintains accurate, detailed reports and records; directs patient care with regard to age and developmental stage, presenting complaint, and pertinent medical history.
- Modifies patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses. Monitors, records, and reports symptoms and changes in patients' conditions.
- Performs other job related duties as assigned.