Medical Nursing RN

Medical Nursing RN

Provides professional nursing care to assigned patients utilizing the nursing process, within established standards and practices for assigned patients.

Essential functions:

• Provides direct patient care, evaluates outcomes, consults with other specialists as required and adjusts nursing care processes to ensure optimal patient care as indicated.

• Performs a head-to-toe assessment on all patients and re-assessments as per policy.

• Provides individualized, age-specific care that supports hemeostatic regulation, hemodynamic monitoring and physiologic functioning.

• Maintains accurate and continued nursing documentation including patient histories, conditions, treatments, responses, and assessment of changes.

• Treats patients and their families with respect and dignity. Maintains patient confidentiality. Identifies and addresses psychosocial, cultural, ethnic and religious/spiritual needs of patients and families. Functions as patient advocate.

• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and the skills necessary to provide age-appropriate care to the patients served.

• Able to interpret data about the patient’s status in order to identify each patient’s age specific needs and provide care needed by patient group.

• Interacts professionally with patient and family and involves patient and family in the formation of an individualized and mutually agreed upon plan of care.

• Reviews/revises/updates/resolves plan of care daily.

• Formulates a teaching plan based on identified learning needs and evaluates the effectiveness of learning; includes family in teaching, as appropriate.

• Supervises other health care staff involved in patient care. Allocates and monitors the work of others.

• Demonstrates the ability to assist physicians with procedures in the department.

• Responds promptly to changes in workload as necessary to achieve optimal productivity and efficiency.

• Participates in the development, implementation and evaluation of performance improvement activities to improve patient outcomes, processes, and the work of the environment.

• Functions as a preceptor to orient new employees.

• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, in-service meeting, staff meetings, and workshops; shows responsibility for own professional practice and on-going education.

• Maintains operation of patient care equipment to include mechanical adjustments.

• Ensures an adequate stock of supplies and the proper functioning of equipment.

• Assists in cost containment through the appropriate ordering and conserving of supplies and equipment.

• Demonstrates an ability to be flexible, organized and function under stressful situations.

• Meets all departmental specific competencies.

• Performs housekeeping duties when needed.

• Assists with transportation of patients when needed.

• Adheres to dress code.

• Adheres to medical center policies addressing infection control, safety, and personnel guidelines.

• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

• Serves as team leader and role model for other staff members.

Education and licensure:

• Associate’s degree in nursing required. Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred.

• RN license required. CPR required

• BLS, ACLS, NIHSS EKG required.

• 2 years’ experience required, 5 years preferred.

• Travel Experience Required.