RN - In House Float - Critical- Nights

Overview

Job Description - RN - In House Float - Critical
- Nights )

Clark Regional Medical Center

Description

Job Summary:

• Provides direct patient care to patients using the nursing process in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice
• Reports to:
  
  Director of Emergency Services

• Performs plan of care intervention, including medication administration, specimen collection, clinical treatments, as well as other medical care treatment
• Documents patient care given
• Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate to care team, physician, patient, and family
• Assists patients with performing activities of daily living, including personal hygiene, elimination, nutrition, and ambulation
• Collaborates as needed across disciplines to coordinate patient care, including patient transfer, discharge, referral and spiritual/psychosocial support needs
• Evaluates learning needs of patient and/or family and provides patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances
• Works as an advocate for the physical and emotional well-being of the patient

• Education
• Associate' Degree Nursing (ADN), required
• Bachelor's Degree Nursing (BSN), preferred

• License/
  
  Certifications:
  
  
• Valid and current Kentucky RN state licensure
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
• Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC), preferred
• Specialty certification testing within 1 year of hire or pass within 1.5 years of hire