Registered Nurse PRN - Assumption ER

Emergency Department – Lake Assumption Community Hospital

What Makes Us Different?

With Our Lady of the Lake, we offer career opportunities for people who have a calling to share their gifts and talents as part of our healing ministry. As part of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, we are here to create a spirit of healing – and we invite you to join our team today if you would like to be part of that spirit.

We offer you something special – the chance to do God's work by helping to serve people in need throughout our community, every day. Additionally, you can expect:

• Growth opportunities
• A community culture where you don’t feel lost in a large health system

The Registered Nurse provides safe therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way, incorporating differences into the provision of care. Integrates knowledge, skills, and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families throughout the continuum to include patient and family education. Relies on education and training to complete responsibilities within scope of licensure as registered nurse.

• Clinical Practice and Care Management
  • Perform psychosocial and physiologic assessments that integrate changing data.
  • Formulate a plan of care based on trends of similar patients, including patient education and discharge planning. Tailor and prioritize care practice to individual needs, including cultural, ethical, and spiritual needs.
  • Participate in the planning of routine transitional health care needs (e.g., treatment options, patient placement options, end‑of‑life options).
  • Respond to changes in patients’ needs and provide holistic care using independent clinical judgment based on knowledge drawn from education and experience.
  • Adapt planned educational programs and information to individual patients and families by modifying teaching strategies or content. Integrate education during the delivery of patient care. Collaborate with patients/families to identify realistic desired outcomes.
  • Ensure efficiency in the delivery of care: determine immediate priorities and offer solutions for problems.
  • Actively advocate for patient rights and identify potential conflict. Seek counsel for resolution of conflict.
  • Identify variances from expected outcomes.
  • Evaluate patient outcomes and make revisions in the plan of care.
  • Document all patient care activities as per documentation standards. Assist the healthcare team with the documentation process.
• Communication and Collaboration
  • Consistently communicate and collaborate with the health care team members, patients, and families to maximize patient outcomes.
  • Appropriately delegate patient care activities to other health care team members and participate in making and revising staff assignments to achieve maximum productivity.
  • Maintain knowledge regarding unit initiatives and incorporate the outcomes of the team/committee work into practice.
  • Participate on unit teams, work groups, and/or committees. Anticipate needs and voluntarily assist others.
• Quality
  • Demonstrate knowledge of unit‑based quality improvement initiatives.
  • Participate in quality improvement initiatives by utilizing standards, guidelines, and pathways for care delivery.
  • Incorporate evidence‑based practice and research findings into nursing practice to enhance outcomes.
• Professional Development
  • Act as a clinical resource and serve as a mentor to health care team members; display leadership behaviors.
  • Identify own learning needs based on self‑evaluation and progress from the previous year’s goals.
  • Be accountable for all documentation and completion of all required continuing education and competencies relevant to area of practice as defined by clinical management.
  • Ensure improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self‑development in lifelong learning.
  • Provide direction and guidance to others regarding practice, serve as a resource, preceptor, and mentor. Exhibit leadership skills in critical thinking, decision‑making, and problem‑solving.
  • Review nurse variance reports and demonstrate progress in documentation improvement standards.
  • Attend at least 50% of unit meetings and notify supervisor in a timely manner when unable to attend.

• At least 1 year of clinical nursing experience.
• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Proficient in the English language; strong verbal and written communication skills; computer skills.
• Current Louisiana State license as RN; ACLS; BLS.
• Location:
  
  135 LA Hwy 402, Napoleonville, LA 70390, United States.
• Shift: Night shift (7 p.m. – 7 a.m.).