RN, PCU or ICU, Mary and Elizabeth Hospital, Night Shift

Position: RN, PCU or ICU, Mary and Elizabeth Hospital, Day and Night Shift Opportunities
## RN, PCU or ICU, Mary and Elizabeth Hospital, Day and Night Shift Opportunities Apply locations:
Louisville, Kentucky time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
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** Primary

Location:

** Mary and Elizabeth - UMC#
** Address:
** 1850 Bluegrass Ave Louisville, KY 40215#
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** Job Description

Summary:

** UofL Health is looking for both experienced and new graduate RNs for our South Louisville community hospital - Mary and Elizabeth Hospital. Part- and Full-time available. Day and night shift available. Units hiring for RNs include Cardiac PCU, ICU/CCU, Med Psych, Neuro PCU, Ortho PCU.
UofL Health – Mary & Elizabeth Hospital is a 298-bed, full-service hospital which has served generations of patients in south Louisville. Originally founded by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in 1874, the hospital offers a full range of vascular, orthopedic, cardiac, neurological, surgical, rehabilitative and 24/7 emergency services including 24/7 STEMI service.
Mary & Elizabeth Hospital is home to UofL Health – Weight Loss Care, the region’s only weight-loss management program utilizing the Lap-Band System. In addition, the hospital provides the Orbera gastric balloon procedure. The hospital has been recognized as one of the first health care facilities in the nation to receive a Blue Distinction Center for bariatric surgery.
UofL Health is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) fully integrated regional academic health system with nine hospitals, four medical centers, Brown Cancer Center, Eye Institute, more than 250 physician practice locations, and more than 1,200 providers in Louisville and the surrounding counties, including southern Indiana. UofL Health is focused on one mission: to transform the health of communities we serve through compassionate, innovative, patient-centered care.#

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* Job Description:

** The Registered Nurse (Hospital-Based) is a competent registered nurse that will deliver nursing care to patients of varying age groups by utilizing the nursing process and nursing practice standards.  The Registered Nurse (Hospital-Based) uses:
* * Nursing Practice Competencies
* to intervene to achieve safe, optimal patient and family centered care health outcomes;
* * Leadership Competencies
* to coordinate patient care and communicate with the care team;
* * Professional Profile Competencies
* to develop professionally as a life-long learner, and
* * Practice Outcomes Competencies
* to evaluate care based on evidence, the UofL Health quality model, and patient safety goals.

The Registered Nurse (Hospital-Based) demonstrates competency caring for complex patients and participates on the care team to improve the quality of care in the clinical area**.
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* Essential Functions:

** Under the supervision of a clinical nurse manager, this position will provide nursing care to patients, and:
* Conducts systematic, continuous and comprehensive assessments of patient health status from admission or encounter to discharge across the care continuum to ensure patient safety, collaborating with the healthcare team, patient and family; care addresses all aspects of the individual and family, including age, gender, spiritual, cultural, physical, psychosocial and patient preferences and proactively uses safety surveillance to prevent adverse outcomes
* Independently administers medications per licensure authority, assesses and reassesses the effects of these medications, and documents administration in a timely manner per policies, procedures and regulatory requirements; consistently adheres to patient safety guidelines regarding all aspects of medication administration
* In collaboration with patient and family, plans care using current scientific knowledge, theory, and care standards within the nursing interventions and outcomes framework and national patient safety goals; constructs individualized, age-specific plans for optimal patient and family outcomes, as appropriate to the practice setting; incorporates data from the multi-disciplinary care team into the plan of care to assure continuity and appropriate patient teaching
* In collaboration with patient and family, identifies and prioritizes patient problems based…