Registered Nurse I-Acute Medsurgical A-Full Time
Company: Christus Health
Location: Alexandria
Posted on: October 31, 2024
Job Description:
Description
Summary:Responsible for patient assessment, patient care planning,
and provision of quality nursing care to an assigned group of
patients for a defined work period. Provides direction and
supervision to LVN/LPNs, nursing assistants, unit secretaries, and
other clinical/clerical associates. By assignment, may function as
a charge nurse for the unit. Involves provision of patient
care/service to older adolescents, young adults, adults, geriatric
and pediatric patients.
Responsibilities:
- Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies:
Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
- Patient Care Planning
- Develops a comprehensive nursing care plan which addresses all
significant needs and problems identified through nursing
assessment.
- Prepares nursing elements of the interdisciplinary care plan
prior to the initial team conference.
- Reviews and updates nursing care plan and collaborates with
team members as changes occur.
- Patient Care Provision
- Implements patient care as planned in nursing care plan and
interdisciplinary care plan.
- Sets priorities based on knowledge of patient acuity and
patient needs.
- Provides safe and therapeutic care and seeks resources when
appropriate.
- Safely performs and accurately documents procedures, consistent
with established nursing policy and procedure.
- Patient Care Evaluation
- Evaluates patient response to interventions and attainment of
goals in collaboration with interdisciplinary team.
- Evaluates progress toward nursing goals and revises goals as
needed on a weekly basis.
- Completes nursing progress note for assigned patients on a
daily basis.
- Completes nursing flow sheets for assigned patients on a daily
basis.
- Teaching
- Evaluates education needs of patient and significant others and
documents their response to teaching.
- Utilizes, adapts, and revises teaching resources to meet
patient education needs.
- Explains procedures, tests, and disease process to patients and
families as needed.
- Acts as role model for health care students and other team
members.
- Acts as preceptor to assigned orientees.
- Assists in the orientation of new staff by sharing knowledge
and experience.
- Patient Care Communication Reports and documents accurately and
concisely to appropriate persons the patient's condition.
- Maintains patient confidentiality.
- Applies basic verbal and nonverbal skills to maintain open,
effective communication among care team members, patients, and
significant others.
- Encourages direct discussion between staff members when
differences occur and seeks assistance to arbitrate differences as
needed.
- Gives and accepts constructive feedback appropriately.
- Identifies actual and potentially unsafe patient care
practices, reports them in the designated manner, and suggests
alternatives. CORE COMPETENCIES
Standard I: Utilizes the Nursing Process
- Uses critical thinking skills to assess the basic physical,
psychosocial, social, cultural,
- Spiritual, and development needs of patient and families
- Communicates findings to appropriate healthcare team
members
- Develops and uses a specific plan of care and modifies it to
meet individual patient needs using evidence-based practice.
Implements patient care and therapeutic procedures, monitors and
documents progression of treatment and teaching goals
- Evaluates the care and treatment(s) provided to the patient and
the patient response to the care and treatment(s). Performs timely
reassessment and documentation
- Must be able to perform unit specific competencies based on the
specific patient care need for designated unit's patient
populationStandard II. Patient Throughput & Patient Flow
Process
- Anticipates and plans for admission/discharge/transfer needs to
facilitate patient flow
- Utilizes appropriate systems of communication and tools to
facilitate the discharge process
- Coaches on tools and techniques for checking, cross checking
and validating orders to ensure accuracyStandard III. Unit
Operations
- Plans, directs, and evaluates the overall nursing care and
functions in a particular nursing unit during an assigned
shift
- Demonstrates good stewardship in proper use and maintenance of
equipment and Supplies
- Assesses departmental staffing needs; actively participates in
resourcing efforts.
- Educates and trains others on the operations, ethics, and
regulations within the industryStandard IV. Safe Practice/Quality
Care/Regulations
- Incorporates patient safety practices/guidelines to promote a
safe environment resulting in positive patient outcomes
- Demonstrates accountability for nursing research and quality
improvement activities
- Provides evidence-based nursing care
- Communicates patient information effectively across the
continuum of care
- Educates and trains others on the operations, ethics, and
regulations within the industry.
- Knowledge of federal, state and local healthcare related laws
and regulations; ability to comply with these in healthcare
practices and activitiesTECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
Clinical Policies and Standards
- Follows a specific set of standards and associated clinical
procedures
- Analyzes policy and standards documentation and ensures
organizational compliance
- Provides feedback for improvement of procedures
- Assists in the development and implementation of specific
procedures
- Works with control and monitoring mechanisms, tools and
techniquesHealth Information Documentation
- Shares experiences with maintaining paper and electronic
patient documentation
- Walk through the steps and procedures for receiving, validating
and updating patient records
- Describes the flow of information between various stations or
units
- Discusses the functions, features and document flow of
electronic documentation
- Transcribes verbal orders; explains techniques for ensuring
their accuracy
- Explains health information documentation best practices and
their rationale across health care practices
Medical Equipment
- Describes experience with basic medical equipment used in own
unit or facility
- Uses standard diagnostic tools and techniques to resolves
common equipment problems
- Educates patients about the appropriate use of home medical
equipment
- Ensures that all equipment and related supplies are in proper
working order prior to use to ensure patient safety
- Inspects, troubleshoots and evaluates incoming equipmentMedical
Order Processing
- Shares experiences with processing medical orders for one or
more groups of patients or conditions
- Describes functions and features of the system used to enter,
validate, update and forward medical orders
- Discusses common errors, their sources and procedures for
correcting
- Explains considerations for entering and following standing
orders
- Differentiates between standing orders and preprinted orders
and considerations for eachPatient Chart Reading and
Interpretation
- Describes experiences in reading and interpreting patient
charts for patients on unit and under own care
- Reviews patients charts for completion and accuracy; identifies
and alerts to mistakes or omissions
- Recognizes unexpected readings and alerts nursing or medical
staff
- Relates examples of mis-readings or misinterpretations and
lessons learned
- Reviews, discusses and validates own interpretation with
othersPatient Safety
- Shares experiences with ensuring safety for one or more patient
groups or settings
- Explains key features of safety guidelines and procedures for
those groups and settings
- Listens and responds to safety inquiries from patients and
family members
- Recognizes and addresses physiological and psychological signs
of problems
- Describes considerations for patients who can cause to harm to
self, versus harm to others
- Utilizes appropriate systems to document misses and near
misses, participates in immediate investigating, analysis and
reporting in real timeRequirements:
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred.
- Six months to a year of experience as a licensed RN or holder
of an active GN permit.
- BLS required
- RN License in state of employment or compact
- Graduate Nurse Permit
- Associates with an unsuccessful licensure application or on the
75th day following the effective date of the temporary permit; will
be transferred to another position within CHRISTUS HealthWork
Schedule:
TBDWork Type:
Full Time
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