RN Telemetry Nights - Four Peaks

Primary City/State: Four Peaks Medical Center – 1301 S Crismon Rd, Mesa, AZ 85209

Category: Skilled Nursing

Shift: Night )

Department: Telemetry Unit-3N/3W

Bonus Available

At Honor Health, you'll find something special. From humble beginnings in 1927 to one of Arizona's largest nonprofit healthcare systems, our culture is built on warmth and neighborly kindness. Behind every smile is a highly skilled professional with deep expertise and an unwavering dedication to what matters most – caring for the health and well-being of people and communities across the greater Phoenix area.

JOB SUMMARY The RN’s practice is guided by the ANA Standard for Professional Nurse and Code of Ethics. The RN has knowledge of professional nursing principles, practices, concepts, and procedures as applied to the care of the patient population served. The RN records patients’ medical history and symptoms, helps perform diagnostic tests and analyze results, operates medical equipment, administers treatment and medications, and assists with patient follow‑up and rehabilitation.

The RN establishes a care plan or contributes to an existing plan. The plan may include activities such as administering medication, carefully checking dosages and avoiding interactions; starting, maintaining, and discontinuing intravenous lines for fluid, medication, blood, and blood products; administering therapies and treatments; observing the patient and recording those observations; and consulting with physicians and other healthcare clinicians. The RN teaches patients and their families how to manage their illnesses or injuries, explains post‑treatment and home care needs, diet, nutrition, and exercise programs, and self‑administration of medication and therapy.

The RN provides direction to licensed practical nurses and nursing aides regarding patient care and delegates when appropriate. The RN supports efforts to advance clinical knowledge and skills, precepts new‑hire staff and students, assists staff and students in completing required competency tasks, and continues to enhance knowledge in nursing management and care of patient problems and conditions as required.

• Possess the knowledge of how to collect health data in a systematic and ongoing manner, prioritizing data collection as determined by the patient’s immediate condition or needs and involving the family. Analyze the assessment data to determine diagnoses and utilize the nursing diagnosis to develop, implement, evaluate, and revise an appropriate patient plan of care that is family‑centered, developmentally and age‑appropriate, and culturally relevant.
• Identify expected outcomes individualized to the patient and their specific health problems. Develop plans of care that are individualized to the patient’s condition or needs, reflecting current nursing practice that is evidence‑based, providing for continuity of care, and are family‑centered.
• Implement interventions in the plan of care. Initiate treatments, medications, emergency and resuscitative measures based on appropriate utilization of standing orders, policies, and procedures. Provide nursing care to meet the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social‑cultural needs of the patient and family using a family‑centered approach to care delivery.
• Evaluate the patient’s progress toward attainment of outcomes. Document observations, nursing interventions, therapeutic measures, multisystem monitoring data, and other data relevant to the patient’s care in a retrievable form. Provide ongoing evaluation of the quality and effectiveness of the care plan to ensure that they maintain and enhance patient outcomes that promote delivery of cost‑effective high‑quality healthcare.
• Evaluate one’s own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and relevant statutes and regulations of the system and department policies and maintain current knowledge in nursing practice. Systematically evaluate the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.
• Integrate ethical principles in all aspects of practice. Enhance knowledge of culture and diversity needs for specific populations.
• Collaborate with others…