Job Title: Registered Nurse
Profession: Nursing
Specialty: Critical Care Float Pool
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: Night shift
Hours per Shift: 12
Experience: Zero (0) - six (6) months of related experience.
License: Valid multi-state or state Registered Nurse License.
Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS.
Must-Have:
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- BLS certified through AHA
- Minimum one year experience
Description:
The Registered Nurse assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care.
Utilizes the nursing process in accordance with hospital standards and unit policies/procedures.
Monitors and evaluates patient functional status.
Completes assessment and individualizes plan of care within established 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 nursing policy.
Facilitates patient teaching and discharge.
Makes timely, appropriate referrals.
Utilizes resources in planning and presenting patient education, considering age and cultural/psychosocial factors.
Collaborates with other disciplines as appropriate.
Supports unit/hospital goals through performance improvement and educational activities.
Attends mandatory in-services and meets unit education standards.
Accurately completes variance reports.
Exhibits independent judgment in planning the sequence of operations and making minor decisions in a complex field.
Works directly with patients and/or customers.
Interacts with internal/external customers and other healthcare professionals and staff.