Valley RN- Cardiology Clinic McAllen

** GENERAL PURPOSE OF J
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* * B:  The staff nurse is a professional Registered Nurse (RN) who provides direct nursing care to an assigned patient population, service line or clinic department. The staff nurse, utilizing the nursing process, plans and delivers effective patient care within the Texas Nursing Practice Act scope of practice and within the framework of Driscoll Health System’s vision and mission of excellence and integrated care delivery.

The staff nurse practices within the established standards of practice, ethical guidelines, policies and guidelines reflective of the American Nurses   Association (ANA) and their specialty service line. The staff nurse completes specific duties and maintains current competence in the skills and nursing practice according to the service line or area of primary work assignment.
** ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND BEHAVIORAL EXPECTATIONS:
** To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This job description is not intended to be all- inclusive; employees will perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by the   immediate supervisor and/or hospital administration as required.
* patient/family needs
* • that reflects the patient/family values, beliefs, developmental level, learning needs, readiness
* and ability to learn, language preference, spirituality, culture and socioeconomic status
* • Uses health promotion and teaching methods, including technologies to communicate health
* promotion and disease prevention
- • Identifies barriers to learning, develops and implements education plan based on assessed
- • National Certification in specialty must be attempted within 4 years of hire date for eligible role and continuously maintained thereafter.
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