Flight Registered Nurse (Full time, Hudson Valley)

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Job Description

Provides flight emergency medical care by using the nursing process of assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, and implementation. Collaborates with other team members in coordinating and implementing procedures and treatments. Uses clinical judgment in coordinating patient care; directs and delegates activities of the patient care team within an aircraft/ambulance and during transport/flight.

Job Responsibility

• 1. Assesses the patient's physiologic health status.

• Stabilizes and manages patients involved In air transport and manages specific aero medical problems while in flight.

• Conducts patient interview, explains procedures to patient/significant others, reviews patient's chart and answers questions correctly and courteously.

• Continually monitors patient status in coordination with Flight Paramedic.

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