Post-Surgical Registered Nurse - Part Time

Post-Surgical Registered Nurse - Part Time

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Position Type:
Part-Time
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Job Location:

320 W. 18th St., Hopkinsville, Kentucky

Registered Nurses are accountable for providing safe and reliable patient care in accordance with JSMC policy, CMS standards, and Joint Commission standards.

Responsibilities include:

• Identifying patient care requirements by establishing rapport with patients and colleagues.
• Providing a compassionate environment with emotional, psychological, and spiritual support.
• Promoting patient independence by setting care goals and teaching patients, families about condition, medications, and self-care.
• Assuring quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards and measuring outcomes.
• Resolving patient problems with multidisciplinary team strategies.
• Maintaining a safe, clean working environment and complying with procedures.
• Protecting patients and employees by following infection‑control policies, medication administration protocols, and controlled substance regulations.
• Documenting patient care services and communicating actions and continuing needs.
• Ensuring confidentiality and protecting operations with patient information privacy.
• Operating equipment, completing preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and maintaining inventories.
• Maintaining professional knowledge through workshops, publications, and professional societies.
• Completing Nursing History and Assessment within 24 hours of admission.
• Determining and delivering age‑appropriate care and delegating duties based on complexity.
• Using critical thinking for prioritization and developing individualized plans of care.
• Coordinating and collaborating with the healthcare team, incorporating discharge planning.
• Documenting interventions accurately and legibly.
• Administering medications observing the "6 rights" and maintaining barcode override rate