RN Wound Ostomy

RN Wound Ostomy

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree BSN
• Registered Nurse (RN) – State of Michigan Upon Hire required
• Wound Care, Certified (WCC) – NAWCO National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy Upon Hire required Or Wound Ostomy Nurse, Certified (CWON) – WOCNCB Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board Upon Hire required
• Basic Life Support (BLS) – AHA American Heart Association Upon Hire required Or Basic Life Support (BLS) – ARC American Red Cross required

Responsibilities

• Utilizes the nursing process when directing or delivering care to patients with WOC needs including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, and implementation (e.g., coordination of care delivery, health teaching and promotion, consultation), and evaluation.
• Utilizes and maintains current physical, psychosocial, clinical assessment, and therapeutic communication skills to determine individual patient needs and expected outcomes.
• Participates in committees or task forces related to wound, ostomy, and continence issues.
• Provides consultation for individuals with altered skin integrity (e.g., pressure injuries, draining wounds, fistulae) to develop individualized plans of care and attain expected outcomes.
• Provides guidance to staff in implementing protocols to identify, control, or eliminate etiologic factors for skin breakdown, including selection of appropriate support surfaces.
• Provides appropriate education to patients, caregivers, and staff regarding skin care, wound management, care of percutaneous tubes, and draining wound/fistulae management.
• Provides consultation for negative pressure wound therapy, (including subsequent dressing changes) provides collaborative care which includes patient’s next care setting.
• Validates pressure injury data collection for nursing quality indicators.

Preferred Qualifications

• 2 years of relevant experience Two to four years of recent, relevant nursing experience. Preferred