Registered Nurse - L&D - Contract

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 for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating patient functional status.

Job Responsibilities:

-Utilizes the nursing process in caring for assigned patients.

-Completes assessment and individualizes plan of care within established unit/nursing guidelines.

-Carries out nursing care with consideration for cultural and psychosocial factors and ages of individual patients.

-Organizes, prioritizes, and performs nursing skills appropriate for the patient population.

-Anticipates patient/unit needs.

-Demonstrates sound knowledge base: Bio-psychosocial.

-Delegates and communicates effectively and appropriately.

-Demonstrates professional judgment in response to changing patient/unit situations.

-Documents steps of the nursing process/care on the appropriate record.

-Records data concisely, consistently, accurately, and legibly.

-Utilizes correct medical terminology abbreviations.

-Addresses problems and progress toward outcomes according to unit/nursing policy.

-Facilitates patient teaching discharge.

-Makes timely, appropriate referrals.

-Utilizes resources in planning and presenting patient education, considering patient age and cultural/psychosocial factors.

-Collaborates with other disciplines as appropriate.

-Supports unit/hospital goals through PI and educational activities.

-Attends mandatory in-services and meets unit education standards.

-Accurately completes variance reports.

-Decision Making: Independent judgment in planning the sequence of operations and making minor decisions in a complex technical or professional field.

-Working Relationship: Works directly with patients and/or customers.

-Works with internal/external customers.

-Works with other healthcare professionals and staff.

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Required Skills & Experience:

-Zero (0) - six (6) months of related experience.

-Epic experience (Muskogee).

-Working knowledge of 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.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

-Epic experience (South, Yale).

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Required Education:

-Completion of basic professional curriculum of a school of nursing as approved and verified by a state board of nursing and holds or is entitled to hold a diploma or degree therefrom.

Preferred Education:

-N/A

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Required Certification & Licensure:

-Valid multi-state or State of Oklahoma Registered Nurse License.

-BLS, NRP & proof of instruction/passage of Intermediate FH Monitoring.

Preferred Certification & Licensure:

-N/A

Must Have

• minimum 1 year experience