Job Title: Nurse
Profession: Nursing
Specialty: Med-surg Adult
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: Evening
Hours per Shift: 8 hours (3:00 pm - 11:30 pm)
Experience: Minimum 1 year Med/Surg experience preferred
License: Current RN License
Certifications: ACLS upon hire OR must hold an active BLS card and obtain ACLS within 60 days of hire; PALS preferred
Must-Have:
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
- Demonstrates mature professional behaviors, such as tact, empathy, and diplomacy
- Promotes a positive working environment
Description:
Assesses and reassesses, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing interventions and care plans.
Provides patient care based on established standards of care and practice.
Respects each patient as an individual and fosters a sense of dignity.
Delivers patient and family education based on identified learning needs and barriers.
Plans and prepares patients and families for discharge, incorporating necessary support systems.
Delegates and supervises nursing interventions performed by others appropriately.
Prioritizes patient care effectively by seeking assistance when needed.
Documents all pertinent data, therapeutic interventions, and patient responses accurately.
Provides thorough and timely reports on assigned patients to other healthcare team members.
Promotes ongoing learning for colleagues and self through various professional development activities.
Identifies risks to patient safety and opportunities to reduce healthcare errors.
Recognizes and addresses ethical issues in care.
Administers medications and intravenous therapy safely according to physician orders.
Assesses patient pain levels and reassesses effectiveness of pain control measures.
Documents medication reconciliation supporting information accurately.
Interprets and documents cardiac rhythms and initiates appropriate treatment plans.
Provides ongoing assessment and education to surgical patients and their families.
Recognizes normal and abnormal progress patterns and reports concerns to the physician promptly.
Utilizes pain management devices and techniques to ensure proper pain relief.
Sets up, maintains, and troubleshoots equipment related to surgical patient care.
This document describes the major duties and responsibilities of this job and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions.
Employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described.
The position requires physical effort, including moving objects of various weights.
Frequent reaching, handling, and feeling are necessary.
Occasional stooping and kneeling may be required.
The following attributes are required: achievement motivation, concern for order, flexibility, initiative, self-confidence, customer service orientation, interpersonal effectiveness, teamwork, analytical thinking, and information seeking.