Job Title: Registered Nurse Profession: Nursing Specialty: RN Duration: 13 weeks Shift: Third Shift Hours per Shift: 12 hours Experience: No experience required License: Active, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license in the applicable state Certifications: BLS Must-Have: - Accepts responsibility for words, actions, attitude, and results while meeting deadlines and performance expectations. - Practices effective, clear, and respectful communications (both verbal and written) and demonstrates attentiveness through active listening and engaged body language. - Collaborates, respects, and cooperates with all coworkers, valuing differences and addressing concerns directly, while actively contributing to the vision and results of the team. - Warmly, personally, and professionally greets all internal and external customers, promoting a high level of satisfaction by providing information about what to expect, actively listening, and intentionally following up on questions and concerns, including taking corrective action when necessary. - Shows an understanding and knowledge of computer systems and applications and/or ability to be trained. - Ability to communicate/collaborate with other care team members. - Ability to assess age-specific patient safety issues and implement appropriate safety devices for all patients. Description: The Registered Nurse implements professional nursing practice centered on the patient as a whole person. The focus is on creating a caring environment centered on healing and wellness. Nursing practices are based on evidence, research, hospital policies, regulatory standards, and professional guidelines. Clinical decision-making incorporates all phases of the nursing process, critical thinking, and creativity. Nursing excellence is promoted through collaboration among nursing staff and other disciplines. Responsible for coordinating, ensuring, and providing direct patient care activities on the unit. This includes nursing rounds, assessments, and treatments. Facilitates admission, transfer, and discharge activities. Provides patient and family-centered education and care coordination. Assesses patient needs by performing and documenting comprehensive assessments. Considers the patient's culture, age, and developmental level. Identifies patient risk factors and presenting complaints. Obtains health information from family or others as necessary. Collects objective and subjective data. Verifies initial admission assessment if obtained by other healthcare team members. Develops a problem list, prioritizing patient needs with input from the inter-professional team as appropriate. Designs actions and interventions relevant to the patient's culture and age. Determines desired outcomes in coordination with the patient and family according to the medical plan of care. Fully implements patient care therapies and procedures with empowerment and clinical autonomy. Explains procedures, treatments, and processes to the patient and family. Initiates actions to alleviate patient stress and discomfort. Recognizes, responds to, and communicates changes in patient condition appropriately. Conducts and documents ongoing assessments and responses to procedures and therapies. Delegates tasks appropriately and oversees team members in patient care activities. Monitors the accuracy and completeness of delegated patient care provided by other team members. Identifies and addresses educational needs of patients related to prioritized problems. Facilitates patient discharge processes by executing discharge orders in a timely manner and ensuring discharge teaching. Provides input into patient/nurse assignments considering staffing, unit activity, and patient acuity. Demonstrates active participation in unit-based activities in support of organizational values. Promotes a positive group dynamic and healing environment through words and actions. Ensures nursing excellence in accordance with accepted standards and evidence-based practice. Actively participates in department and unit quality improvement activities and core measures. Uses a holistic perspective regarding patient care.
