Job Opening: Registered Nurse (RN)

The overnight Registered Nurse (RN) will work 7:15PM – 7:15AM (12 Hours Shift), demonstrating proficiency in the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:   

Nursing Process:

• Develops and/or contributes to the individualized plan of care that reflects assessment, planning, implementing, and evaluating the outcomes of that plan.
• Ensures plan shows multidisciplinary planning, consultation, and education.
• Ensures plan is discussed with patient, family/significant others, and completed in a timely manner.
• Monitors the patients’ progress based on the plan.
• Revises plan on ongoing basis based on patient condition and evaluation of progress.
• Ensures effective development and completion of discharge plan including discharge barriers and patient/family education. Ensures that patient clearly understands discharge instructions. In outpatient, identify barriers and needs for patient/family education that will facilitate the outpatient medical management plan.
• Ensures patient safety related but not limited to, medications and procedures utilizing the five rights; patient falls; decubitus prevention and prevention of nosocomial infections.
• Ensures optimal pain control and patient comfort; identifies and discusses patient anxieties, fears or concerns regarding patient condition, treatment or discharge.
• Ensures that patient understands medication purpose, side effects, and administration instructions in the hospital as well as at the time of discharge.  

Documentation:

• Charting is accurate, legible, dated, and timed.
• Utilizes computer systems effectively and efficiently for optimal patient care.  

Clinical Outcomes:

• Discusses patient findings and progress toward outcomes with physicians and other members of the health care team.
• Make comprehensive nursing decisions based on interpretation of data, assessments, and evaluations of patient outcomes.  

Patient Care:

• Practices customer service standards as defined by the Service Area, Medical Center, and specified department.
• Promptly answers call lights, alarms, and patient requests.
• Maintains and protects patient confidentiality.
• Treats all families of patients with courtesy, respect, kindness and compassion.
• Provides an optimal patient care experience by actively listening to the needs of patients and family members and taking responsibility for meeting those identified needs.
• Gives patients information in a way they can understand and ensures comprehension.
• Provides a patient care experience that exceeds members expectations.