Clinical Data, Communication Skills, Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN), Customer Relations, Detail Oriented, Disease Prevention and Control, Establish Priorities, Healthcare, Hospital, Interpersonal Skills, Medical Terminology, Medical Treatment, Nursing, Patient Assessment, Patient Care, Patient Education, Performance Analysis, Performance Management, Performance Reviews, Physical Demands, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Registered Nurse (RN), Resource Utilization, Time Management, Variance Analysis, Writing Skills
Description
Job Summary
The Registered Nurse assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with hospital standards and unit policies/procedures. The purpose is to monitor and evaluate patient functional status.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
- Utilize the nursing process to care for patients.
- Assess, organize, and complete patient care with consideration for patient age, cultural, and psychosocial factors.
- Document steps of the nursing process using proper medical terminology.
- Address problems and progress toward goals.
- Facilitate patient discharge through timely, appropriate referrals and utilization of patient education resources, suitable to patient age and cultural/psychosocial factors.
- Collaborate with other disciplines as appropriate.
- Support unit/hospital goals through performance improvement and educational activities as evidenced by attending in-services, meeting unit education standards, and completing variance reports.
Decision Making
Make independent judgments from many diversified alternatives, subject to general review in final stages only.
Working Relationship
- Coordinate activities of others (does not supervise).
- Lead others in the same work performed (does not supervise).
- Have input on performance evaluations but do not prepare or give them.
- Work directly with patients and/or customers.
- Interact with internal customers via telephone or face-to-face interaction.
- Interact with external customers via telephone or face-to-face interaction.
- Work with other healthcare professionals and staff.
- Frequently interact with individuals at Director level or above.
Supplemental Information
This document generally describes the essential functions of the job and the physical demands required to perform the job. This compilation of essential functions and physical demands is not all-inclusive nor does it prohibit the assignment of additional duties.
Skills
- Work Experience: 0 - 6 months related experience.
- Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Working knowledge of general disease state management processes, bio-psychosocial model, and clinical pathways. Effective interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills. Ability to organize and prioritize work in an effective and efficient manner. Ability to be detail-oriented as required in the examination of clinical and numerical data.
Education
- Minimum Education: Completion of the basic professional curricula of a school of nursing as approved and verified by a state board of nursing, holding or entitled to hold a diploma or degree therefrom.
- Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification: Valid multi-state or State of Oklahoma Registered Nurse License.
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