Registered Nurse- Float Pool- Full Time - 7a-7p

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Department: Float Pool

Location: Lake Charles, LA

DESCRIPTION OF POSITION:

• The Float Registered Nurse (RN) provides flexible, high quality patient care across all hospital units, adapting to diverse patient populations and clinical settings. The Float RN works with his/her team partner(s), using the nursing process to assess, plan, implement and evaluate direct patient care. As a member of the Patient Care Team, the Float RN provides hands-on care to patients, is responsible for making sound clinical decisions and provides a comprehensive delivery of care to each individual patient;
  
  implementing a wide variety of patient care activities and services.
• The Float Registered Nurse, also known as a Float Pool Nurse, is a registered nurse (RN) who moves between different units within a healthcare facility to address staffing shortages and fluctuating patient needs. This role requires adaptability, broad clinical skills, and the ability to quickly integrate into various teams and unit cultures. Float nurses work in areas such as Med-Surg, Telemetry, Critical Care, Emergency Departments, maternity, pediatric, or infusion units.
• Float nursing is a critical component of hospital operations, ensuring consistent patient care, supporting permanent staff, and enhancing the overall efficiency of healthcare delivery

SUPERVISION: Reports directly to Nursing Director, Nurse Manager and/or Charge Nurse.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

• Provides direct patient care, including assessments, medication administration, treatments, and monitoring, in accordance with hospital policies.
• Uses the nursing process to effectively assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the plan of care.
• Consistently participates in the multidisciplinary approach to patient care.
• Follows evidence-based policies and procedures to guide nursing practice.
• Conducts thorough physical assessments/reassessments and documents patient conditions accurately in the electronic medical record.
• Respond to changes in patient status and medical emergencies, following system policies, unit specific policies, unit-specific protocols.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized care plans and facilitate patient discharge planning.
• Encourages and supports non-licensed personnel.
• Interprets and implements physician orders.
• Assist patients with daily living activities, adjusting care based on unit-specific patient needs.
• Competently performs/assists with procedures that are routinely performed.
• Documents accurately and efficiently as required and according to system and department policies.
• Educate patients and families about diagnoses, treatment plans, and self-care instructions.
• Serve as a flexible clinical resource, supporting permanent staff and maintaining operational stability across units.
• Possesses competency in use of technology and…