RN- Critical Care Stepdown Unit

RN
- Critical Care Stepdown Unit - Full-Time

Site:
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital

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Looking for a safe supportive environment to care for patients and build your career? Here is your opportunity to expand your nursing experience, preparing you for a higher acuity unit in a magnet recognized hospital with the lowest RN to patient ratios in the greater seacoast area.

• 3:1 RN ratio for IMCU patients
• 4-5:1 RN ratio for day shift / 5-6:1 night shift med/surg tele patients
• Pharmacist on the unit
• Designated clinical educator and a house wide night shift clinical educator
• Inpatient clinical coach
• Day/Night Clinical practice leader
• Resource RN with minimal patient assignment
• Designated LNA's per shift
• Leadership support

• CLINICAL JUDGMENT
• Appropriately assesses, plans, implements and evaluates patient care, specific to population served
• Follows policies/procedures, clinical practice standards pertinent to care, including emergency situations
• Matches formal knowledge with clinical events to make decisions
• Demonstrates the ability to provide competent, effective care
• Seeks validation for clinical decisions, integrates input from other clinicians for decision making
• Prioritizes and organizes work appropriately to effectively meet patient needs
• Appropriately delegates to and supervises team members based on assessment of competencies, within scope of practice to ensure appropriate implementation of care
• Collaborates & communicates relevant patient data to appropriate persons clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing (e.g. handoffs)
• Effectively develops teaching plan and regularly integrates teaching into patient care
• SYSTEMS THINKING
• Recognizes available resources/tools for meeting patient/family needs
• Completes assignments in an efficient and timely manner, requesting and utilizing resources appropriately
• Documents patient assessment, plan, interventions and response in accordance with applicable policies and procedures
• Communicates with Nurse Manager/ or designee about availability and management of supplies, system equipment and personnel resources at unit/department level
• Demonstrates contribution to unit-based programs and strategies to monitor and continuously improve the quality of patient care
• Optimizes use of staff (overtime, agency, skill mix, etc.) based on unit census and patient acuity
• CLINICAL INQUIRY
• Shows commitment to learning new knowledge and skills to enhance service to patients/ families and achieve organizational goals
• Implements and validates practices based upon current nursing evidence
• Advances the profession by assisting in clinical education and orientation of other staff and students; may function as preceptor for new staff
• Uses available resources to answer questions in regards to best practices, reflects upon practices on an ongoing basis
• Identifies opportunities for improvement in processes of care and other improvements at a unit level
• Actively participates in the collection and use of data and/or evaluation relative to unit-based performance improvements
• UNIT SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
• Participates in selection of and completes all unit-specific competencies
• Articulates Nursing Sensitive Indicators and quality goals for unit and describes role in accomplishing expectations; describes role and participates in quality improvement initiatives.

• Graduate of accredited nursing program with RN licensure.

• RN program completion
• Education Preferred/Desired: BSN or enrollment in BSN program

• Registered Nursing License
• AHA or ARC BLS

Granted the Distinguished Hospital…