Registered Nurse - Pulmonary Lab

Registered Nurse – Pulmonary Lab – Full Time Days

HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MED CNTR – Hackensack, New Jersey

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Competitive benefits are just the beginning – we also support each other and our community.

• Assessment, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation Assessment
• Collect comprehensive data pertinent to the patient’s health or the situation.
• Perform age and disease specific assessment / data collection independently in a systematic manner focusing on physiologic, psychological and cognitive status.
• Recognize clinical and diagnostic status changes in patient status.
• Identify variables in patient/family education needs based on age, disease, and culturally specific learning differences.
• Develop a plan of care that prescribes strategies and interventions to attain expected outcomes.
• Formulate age and disease specific patient/family centered goals / outcomes based on assessment data.
• Develop and coordinate a plan of care which is patient / family focused, prioritized and encompasses the continuum of care.
• Communicate, coordinate, and implement the plan of care.
• Provide ongoing communication with patient / family, nursing colleagues and other members of the health care team regarding patient’s status, rendered care and treatment plans.
• Implement age and disease specific care in an organized and timely manner.
• Provide or coordinate patient / family education as needed and ensure understanding.
• Perform according to established protocols in clinical situations, including communicating with appropriate persons and documenting events.
• Provide nursing care and treatments that reflect the patient’s needs, advocate appropriately and demonstrate evidence-based nursing practice and compliance with standards.
• Perform continuous point‑of‑care electronic documentation of each individual patient’s assessments, plan‑of‑care, interventions and evaluation of rendered care.
• Administer medication utilizing the newest advancements in bar‑scanning and documentation technologies designed to ensure the safest delivery of medications to our patients.
• Multidisciplinary discharging of patients to ensure safe transitioning and continuum of care.
• Evaluate progress toward attainment of outcomes.
• Utilize critical thinking skills based on nursing knowledge to achieve desired patient outcomes.
• Initiate interventions related to patient’s change in condition and unexpected response to care.
• Identify ethical issues in the practice setting and bring them to the attention of other team members.
• Recognize and respond to opportunities to enhance patient satisfaction.
• Must acquire and maintain competencies, certifications and continuing education in order to meet any facility accreditation or individual licensing requirements.
• Adhere to American Nurses Association Code for Nurses with Interpretive Statements.
• Lifts a minimum of 35 lbs., pushes and pulls a minimum of 10 lbs. and stands a minimum of 6 hours a day.
• Adhere to HMH’s organizational and managerial competencies and standards of behavior.
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned.

• A minimum of an associate in Nursing or diploma of Nursing degree.
• BSN in progress and/or willing to acquire within three (3) years of hire.
• Must have a current and valid Registered Nurse license to work at the assigned HMH location by date of hire.
• BLS/CPR certification by American Heart Association required within 60 days of hire.
• Must have six (6) or more months of relevant nursing experience OR must be an active participant with Hackensack Meridian Health’s Nurse Residency Program.
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing patient needs, strong sense of accountability for improving the lives of our patients and their caregivers, exceptional focus on teamwork, dedication to ongoing education and passion for delivering the highest quality of care.
• National Certification in area of specialty preferred when eligible.

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