RN LTAC​/ICU

Overview

Baylor Scott & White Continuing Care Hospital —
Job Title: Registered Nurse —
Location: Temple, TX

Shift: Full-Time — Days, (3) 12-hour shifts

Department: Long-Term Acute Care/ICU

Long Term Acute Care
:
Vent Weaning, Pulmonary Disease, Cardiopulmonary Disease, Complex Wound Care, Neuromuscular Diseases, GI Disease, Postoperative Complications, Kidney Disease (including dialysis), Post-Trauma.

Patient Ratio
: ICU 2-3 to 1 nurse;
Med-Surg 4-5 to 1 nurse with support of non-licensed staff and unit clerk

Average length of stay for patients: 25 days

Number of beds
: 25 beds

Wound care team; 24-hour respiratory therapy team

The best of both worlds in one hospital unit — ICU (Ventilators; Drips; Procedures at bedside) / Med-Surg. Opportunity to learn and grow on the same team, one hospital.

CCH is like a small family. Staff and inter-disciplinary teams know and care for each other. We work hard but have fun at the same time. Every decision made is in the best interest of staff and the patients.

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a licensed professional who uses the BSWH nursing professional practice model to coordinate patient care delivery by the health care team. Using the nursing process, the RN assesses the patient, identifies nursing diagnoses based on responses to health problems, develops and implements an individualized plan of care, and evaluates the patient’s response. The RN promotes safe passage for their patients by using knowledge of patient needs and the healthcare environment to assist patients to transition through the healthcare encounter without any preventable complications or delays.

The RN delegates interventions to health care personnel based on the Texas Nursing Practice Act, each patient’s condition and the competencies of the employee.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE ROLE

• Clinical Judgment:
  Using clinical reasoning, conducts accurate clinical assessments according to practice standards. Identifies and prioritizes patient and family needs. Develops, implements and evaluates the nursing plan of care. Modifies plan to meet clinical outcomes.
• Clinical Inquiry:
  Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice, including, but not limited to, nursing sensitive indicators. Supports evidence-based practice changes through research utilization and experiential learning. Participates in quality/performance improvement initiatives.
• Caring Practices:
  Creates a compassionate, supportive, safe and therapeutic environment for patients, families and staff. Develops therapeutic relationships with patient and family and maintains appropriate boundaries. Manages both emotional and physical pain with the aim of promoting comfort and healing and preventing unnecessary suffering.
• Response to Diversity:
  Recognizes, appreciates and incorporates a patient’s and family’s unique differences, such as culture, spiritual beliefs, gender, race, ethnicity, lifestyle, socioeconomic status, age, and values, into an individualized plan of care.
• Advocacy and Moral Agency:
  Preserves and protects the confidentiality, autonomy, dignity and rights of patient and family and represents their concerns. Creates an individualized plan that accurately reflects patient and family values and goals. Identifies and helps resolve ethical and clinical concerns.
• Facilitation of Learning:
  Facilitates learning for patients and families, nursing staff, other members of the health care team and community; integrating appropriate education throughout the continuum of care to help them participate and/or make informed decisions about their health care and treatments, including health promotion and disease prevention. Assesses and documents learning needs and outcomes.
• Collaboration:
  
  Works collaboratively and interdependently with colleagues and community to develop and implement an integrated plan of care. Open and sensitive to all team members’ unique contributions. Delegates tasks and care to appropriate staff and ensures timely follow-up.
• Systems Thinking:
  Uses strategies and available resources for problem-solving for patients, family and staff. Recognizes that resources are limited and considers factors related…