Registered Nurse RN Neuro Medical PRN B

Job Category:
Nursing - Registered Nurse
Work Shift/

Schedule:

Varies
Northeast Georgia Health System is rooted in a foundation of improving the health of our communities.

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.
• 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
• Basic computer skills necessary to operate computer systems used on unit

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 coordination.
• Demonstrates the ability to rapidly recognize and anticipate…