RN, Registered Nurse Float - Nursing Float Pool

RN, Registered Nurse Float I - Nursing Float Pool - Full Time at Christus Health summary:

The Registered Nurse Float I is responsible for delivering patient care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, while supervising ancillary staff and coordinating multidisciplinary efforts. This role requires adherence to nursing standards, documentation, medication administration, and maintaining clinical competence in varied clinical settings. The nurse must be licensed, have relevant certifications, and participate in ongoing education and quality improvement activities within the healthcare facility.

Summary:

A Registered Professional Nurse is responsible for the delivery of patient care through the process of assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation. In addition, the Registered Professional Nurse prescribes, delegates, coordinates, supervises and evaluates patient teaching and the activities of the ancillary nursing personnel while maintaining the standards of professional nursing. The Registered Nurse is able to provide direct and indirect care to patients.

Responsibilities:

• Collects subjective and objective health data as determined by the patient’s condition or needs with the involvement of the patient/significant other/health providers to complete patient/family assessment and formulate problems.
• Relative data are documented in a retrievable form and completed within specified time frame.
• Develops written plan of care that prescribes interventions to obtain expected outcomes that are individualized, age appropriate and reflect current nursing practice.
• Implements interventions in plan of care in a safe and appropriate manner with clear documentation.
• Coordinates care to provide continuity through the continuum and involves multidisciplinary team as needed. Plan of care reflects potential needs and is updated as needed. Appropriate referrals are initiated.
• Provides health teaching using methods appropriate to the situation, patient’s developmental level, learning needs, readiness, ability to learn, language preference and culture.
• Documentation reflects evaluation of patient’s progress towards outcomes with revised diagnosis, outcomes and plan of care.
• Evaluates and documents patient progress towards attainment of outcomes. Evaluation is systematic, ongoing and criterion-based.
• Fosters positive physician/patient relations.
• Assigns or delegates tasks to team members based on the needs and condition of the patient, potential for harm, stability of the patient’s condition, complexity of task, and predictability of the outcome as well as the educational level, licensure, and current competence of the staff member.
• Uses supplies and equipment based on safety, effectiveness, availability and cost to provide expected patient outcome, documents use in the medical record and records charges appropriately.
• Follows nursing policy and procedure in administration of medications, IV therapy and blood therapy. Recognizes and responds to overt reactions. Reports errors promptly.
• Complies with time-keeping system. Accrues no unexcused absences, and no more than three unscheduled absences.
• Follows hospital and/or unit policy for dress and personal hygiene.
• Follows necessary safety precautions, hospital policies and departmental policies.
• Attends infection control and safety programs.
• Follows hospital policies and/or departmental rules.
• Follows the CHRISTUS Health Guidelines related to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), designed to prevent or detect unauthorized disclosure of Protected
• Health Information (PHI)
• Associate timely completes all required educational assignments.
• Identifies normal and abnormal parameters to the patient’s physiological, psychological, cultural, developmental and spiritual needs.
• Physiological measures are planned to manage (prevent or control) specific problems and are related to goals.
• Psychosocial measures are specific to the patient’s problems and to the nursing care goals. 23. Teaching-learning principles are incorporated into the plan of care and objectives for learning are in behavioral terms.
• Interventions are based on…