Registered Nurse RN Neuro Medical PRN

Job Category:
Nursing
- Registered Nurse

Work Shift/

Schedule:

12 Hr Evening
- Morning

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Job Summary

Neuro/Medical is a 36-bed Neuro medical and Intermediate Care nursing unit. As a mixed Neuro unit, care is rendered to a variety of intermediate care neuro patients and standard acute neuro patients including but not limited to:

• Lower to high acuity ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke patients
• Patients post 25-hour from thrombolytic treatment
• Patients requiring continuous EEG monitoring
• Patients with other neurological disorders such as Guillain-Barre’ Syndrome, Myasthenia Gravis, and ALS
• Patients with hemodynamic instability needing antiarrhythmic
• Chest tube care and management
• Epidural/PCA management
• Tracheostomy care

Licensure or other certifications:

• Licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia

Educational Requirements:

• Associates Degree

Minimum Experience:

• One year of experience as a professional RN

Other:

• New graduate RNs or those with less than one year of experience will be referred to the RN Residency Program

Preferred Licensure or other certifications:

• National certification in clinical specialty

Preferred

Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor of Nursing Degree

Preferred Experience:

• Long Term Care:
  One year experience
• Other:
  Membership is professional organization

Delivery of safe, effective, efficient care that meets population specific guidelines

Actively works to make own and related teams successful, effectively communicates with patients, families and colleagues at all levels, shows consideration and respect or others and fosters customer service

Effectively prioritizes, recognizes problems, and utilizes evidence based practice

Demonstrates personal mastery, leadership of self and others, as appropriate, delegates appropriately, and supports NGHS shared governance model

necessary to operate computer systems used on unit

Clinical Skills and Knowledge:

• Demonstrates basic assessment skills.
• Demonstrates the 5 rights of medication administration.
• Manages care for basic patient assignment and progresses to care for increasingly complex patients.
• Accurately documents all aspects of the nursing process using the electronic medical record as applicable.
• Understands and complies with all DNV standards.
• Accesses and follows polices.
• Evaluates patient response to interventions and adjusts plan of care appropriately.
• Consistently coordinates interdisciplinary care.
• Uses resources effectively to reduce waste.
• Participates in PI processes.
• Participates in maintaining and monitoring the work environment to ensure compliance with DNV regulations.
• Coordinates discharge planning.
• Actively contributes to a culture of safety within the organization.

Interpersonal Skills and Relationships:

• Includes the patient and family in patient care.
• Provides effective education appropriate for the learning needs of patient/ family.
• Demonstrates appropriate customer service behaviors.
• Participates in organizational and unit based customer service initiatives.

Critical Thinking Skills and Innovation:

• Plans patient care based on assessment.
• Displays basic prioritization and time management skills.
• Evaluates patient’s response to interventions and seeks support to adjust the plan of care.
• Utilizes resources on the unit to increase understanding of the care of unfamiliar patient populations.
• Recognizes signs of deteriorating patient and accesses appropriate resources.
• Reads nursing research/EBP articles.
• Participates in discharge planning with increasing responsibility and…