Registered Nurse - Clinical - Short Stay

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The Registered Nurse is a professional practitioner who assesses, manages, directs, and provides nursing care activities during the patient’s hospital stay and coordinates planning with other disciplines utilizing a patient/customer‑driven approach.

• Performs comprehensive nursing assessment and reassessment.
• Conducts age‑appropriate admission or transfer assessments, obtaining family/guardian input when appropriate.
• Documents findings accurately and completely.
• Assesses post‑operative and post‑invasive procedure patients.
• Evaluates education and discharge needs of patient and family throughout hospitalization.
• Provides ongoing reassessment, documenting observations, changes in condition, and responses to care.

• Develops, coordinates, and evaluates a plan of care based on assessment data, diagnosis, labs, orders, protocols, and standards.
• Identifies short‑ and long‑term goals based on patient needs.
• Formulates nursing interventions to achieve desired outcomes.
• Incorporates evidence‑based practice and disease‑specific guidelines into planning and documentation.

• Collaboration with interdisciplinary team for daily plan of care.
• Coordination and communication of patient care, including accurate handoff reports.
• Administration and documentation of medications, IV fluids, and parenteral nutrition per policy.
• Completes referrals and requests consultations for special needs or equipment.
• Provides patient/family education and discharge planning per protocols.
• Clarifies and implements physician orders accurately and timely.
• Assists physician with procedures or delegates to appropriate team members.
• Documents readback for telephone/verbal orders and limits verbal orders to emergencies.
• Recognizes changes in patient condition and takes appropriate nursing actions.
• Involves family/guardian in care and decision‑making when appropriate.
• Applies infection control practices daily.
• Communicates changes in patient condition or nursing care as needed.

• Evaluates and documents effectiveness of care, interventions, medication and treatment responses.
• Assesses effectiveness of patient/family education.
• Modifies plan of care as indicated.
• Reports significant changes and problems promptly to physician and relevant staff.
• Reports variations from care/treatment per reporting policy.

• Provides specialized care to patients at high risk for injury.
• Restraint Care: initiates/evaluates alternatives to restraint, applies restraints per procedure, monitors response, ensures timely patient care, documents use.
• Pain Management: assesses pain, incorporates cultural/spiritual beliefs into plan, implements preventive techniques, engages patient/family, considers alternative controls (massage, repositioning, music therapy).
• Abuse Assessment: recognizes abuse criteria, reports signs to appropriate authorities, takes action to support patient safety.

• Adheres to all quality, performance standards, policies, and procedures.
• Participates in learning experiences to increase competence.
• Demonstrates technical and cognitive skills for the practice area.
• Maintains currency with hospital/unit information, policies, and procedures.
• Attends staff meetings, reviews minutes, and participates in committees, shared governance, and work teams.
• Provides feedback, adapts to changes, and supports peers and coworkers.
• Opens and maintains a collaborative team approach.

• Orients and precepts new employees or students as required.
• Supervises and teaches student or new staff nurses.
• Delegates care and activities appropriately.
• Communicates plan of care clearly and professionally to all team members.

• Practices standard precautions and disposes of hazardous waste per guidelines.
• Maintains a safe, clean, and therapeutic environment in patient rooms and common areas.
• Follows hand hygiene and safe patient handling protocols.
• Represents dress code compliance.
• Reports risk‑management concerns via eSRM.

• Maintain current license and certifications.
• Complete BLS and HI updates, TB…