Registered Nurse RN, PRN, Medsurg Night Shift

Registered Nurse RN, PRN, Medsurg Night Shift

Responsible for the delivery of patient care through the nursing process of assessment, identification of nursing problems, implementation, and evaluation. Collaborates with other professional disciplines to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and the achievement of desired patient outcomes. Serves as a resource nurse when oriented and so directed. Supports the organization’s mission, vision and values. Applies knowledge of patient’s age and cultural diversity, along with their spiritual and emotional needs into the provision of patient care.

Contributes to the provision of quality nursing care through performance improvement techniques that demonstrate positive outcomes in patient care.

• Education: Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing. Current licensure in the State of Arkansas. Proficient oral and written communication skills.
• Training &
  
  Experience:
  
  Individualized orientation period of no less than 2 weeks and generally no greater than 3 months.
• Job Knowledge: Ability to practice nursing as described by the following definition: “The diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual or potential health alterations.” Ability to utilize the nursing process in the provision of nursing care including but not limited to administering prescribed treatments, medications and diagnostic tests, formulating a plan of care using the problem list, collaborating with other health care providers and providing education to patients and/or significant others.
• Safety Sensitive: YES – employees in safety‑sensitive roles may not use medical marijuana in a way that would impair performance.

Maintains good physical and emotional well‑being. Job responsibilities require a considerable amount of physical work: lifting and moving patients, pushing carts, wheelchairs, and other equipment; lifting or pushing up to 50 pounds. The individual must bend over to perform duties such as checking chest tube drainage and urinary output, and maneuver through halls, stairways, and patient rooms in response to emergencies.

Visual, auditory and computing skills are required. Exposure to malodorous or infectious body fluids may require gloves, masks, gowns and goggles.

Entry level

Full‑time

Health Care Provider

Hospitals and Health Care