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Decypher

Med-Psychiatric Registered Nurse Nights

Decypher, Bethesda, Maryland, us, 20811

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About Decypher Decypher invites you to join our professional team. Decypher is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/D/V).

Position Title Med-Psychiatric Registered Nurse to support the mission at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (Bethesda, MD)

Qualifications

Minimum Educational Requirements: Accredited school of Nursing (Diploma, AD or BSN)

Certification/Licenses Requirements: RN with a current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a professional nurse from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.

Must have Basic Life Support (BLS) certification. Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) is desired

Minimum Experience: Have a minimum of three years full time experience within the last five years caring for adult patients as a RN in a behavioral health care setting. Maintain qualifications and skills of a Psychiatric Registered Nurse as confirmed by completion of the Skills Checklist and verified by the clinical manager.

Job Description

Performs comprehensive behavioral health nursing assessment and history to plan, provide, and direct nursing care across the continuum of care.

Utilizes the nursing process to identify patient problems and generate nursing diagnoses.

Designs a plan of care and writes/implements nursing orders to achieve established goals

Identifies pending crisis situations and initiates emergency measures, as appropriate. Knowledge of emergent psychiatric disorders and crisis intervention

Gathers bio-psychosocial information about the patient and their family, pertinent to their general health status and the development of drug abuse/alcohol dependence.

Identifies and monitors patients for the signs and symptoms associated with withdrawal and relapse.

Skill in behavioral health assessment, triage, evaluation, treatment, and disposition of complex psychiatric cases, with special attention to the level of care appropriate to treat the particular clinical diagnosis and dilemma

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