Staff Nurse - Acute Care Elderly; ACE Nights - LHAAMC

Staff Nurse – Acute Care of the Elderly (ACE) – FT – Nights – LHAAMC

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Contributes to the provision of high‑quality, cost‑effective healthcare as a provider of direct and indirect patient care and by effective collaboration with the health care team. Functions as a competent member of the health care team.

• Clinical Decision Making/Judgment
• Demonstrate clinical nursing knowledge and skill in the specialization of the unit.
• Implement the nursing process effectively in the care of culturally diverse patients and families, applying all applicable laws, policies, standards, guidelines, and evidence‑based practice.
• Organize and reprioritize patient care activities based on subtle and overt changes and/or environmental changes.
• Consistently and thoroughly assess patients to collect data and identify learning needs according to established standards and policies.
• Utilize a systematic, continuous and complete analysis of assessment data to develop individualized problem lists for assigned patients.
• Develop and individualize a plan of care for each patient in accordance with established standards, appropriate prioritization of problems/needs, and mutually agreed upon goals.
• Efficiently implement the patient’s plan of care in accordance with applicable standards, policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Demonstrate proficiency in medication administration, pain management and other unit or initiative specific skills.
• Continuously evaluate the effectiveness of the plan(s) of care, making revisions and recommendations based on analysis of patient responses to interventions.
• Nurse‑Patient Family Relationships
• Assess the patients/familys learning needs, readiness to learn, learning style, and presence of barriers to learning.
• Develop, implement and evaluate teaching plans for patient populations in unit specialty in accordance with applicable standards.
• Apply knowledge of growth and development across the life span to the care of patients.
• Provide direct patient care to patients and families in a culturally, developmentally and ethically appropriate manner.
• Ensure plans of care address the physical, psychosocial, spiritual and learning needs of the patient/family.
• Clinical Scholarship
• Participate in QI, CPI and risk management activities at the unit, department or organizational level.
• Effectively perform and improve all processes to achieve excellence with regard to Luminis Health’s quality standards and benchmarks.
• Support the use of evidence‑based guidelines and organizational policies and procedures to promote safe patient care and a safe practice environment.
• Clinical Leadership
• Participate in unit shared governance according to departmental standards.
• Participate in the education and orientation of new staff.
• Delegate patient care activities as appropriate; evaluate delegated activities for expected patient care outcomes.
• Employ real‑time computer documentation when completing patient records.

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Adherence to the credentialing requirements of Luminis Health as stated in the nursing bylaws.
• Where applicable, completion of a BSN is required within 5 years of date of hire.

• Current licensure as a registered nurse by the Maryland Board of Nursing.
• BLS – American Heart Association Health Provider.
• If serving as a bilingual/multilingual interpreter, certification in Medical Interpretation is required to perform the duties of a qualified interpreter.

The following department(s) require PALS:
Pediatrics Unit, Post‑Anesthesia Care Unit, Endoscopy, Procedural Care Unit, Interventional Radiology.

The following department(s) require ACLS:
Heart and Vascular Unit, Neuro Care Unit, ICU/IMU, Interventional Radiology, Post‑Anesthesia Care Unit, Resource Nurses, Emergency Department, Prep, Telemetry, Medical Surgical Elder Care, Outpatient Infusion, Vascular Access Team, DRCC Bowie, Observation Unit, Endoscopy, Procedural Care Unit, Cardiac Cath Lab, Flex Nursing Unit, ICU, Operating Room (LHDCMC only), Cardiac Cath Lab, Observation Unit,…