Registered Nurse RN Weekend Option

Job Summary

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 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.

• Deliver patient care via assessment, identification of nursing problems, implementation, and evaluation.
• Collaborate with other professional disciplines to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery.
• Serve as a resource nurse when oriented and directed.
• Support the organization’s mission, vision and values.
• Apply knowledge of patient’s age and cultural diversity, along with their spiritual and emotional needs into the provision of patient care.
• Contribute to the provision of quality nursing care through performance improvement techniques that demonstrate positive outcomes in patient care.
• Maintain good physical and emotional well-being; assist with lifting and moving patients up to 50 pounds; bend over to perform certain duties; maneuver throughout the halls, stairways, and patient rooms in response to hospital emergencies; write and enter computer data; and expose to infectious body fluids and noxious smells as required.

• Education:
  
  Graduate of an accredited professional nursing school; current licensure in the State of Arkansas; proficient oral and written communication skills.
• Training and
  
  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 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

Maintains good physical and emotional well-being. Job responsibilities require a considerable amount of physical work. The individual will be required to assist with lifting and moving patients, pushing of carts, wheelchairs, and other equipment; and lifting or pushing of up to 50 pounds. The individual must be able to bend over to perform certain duties, e.g., check chest tube drainage, check urinary output, etc.

The individual must also be able to maneuver throughout the halls, stairways, and patient rooms in response to hospital emergencies. A significant amount of writing and computer entry is required. Trips to various departments will be required. The position does have some heavy exposure to malodorous, infectious body fluids from patients and some minimal exposure to noxious smells from cleansing agents.

Exposure to infectious wastes and body fluids may mandate the wearing of gloves, masks, gowns, and goggles.

• Seniority level:
  Entry level
• Employment type:
  
  Full-time
• Job function:
  Health Care Provider
• Industries:
  Hospitals and Health Care