Description
Nursing is the diagnosis and treatment of human response to actual or potential health problems. This includes establishing an intentional therapeutic relationship between a registered nurse and a patient and family.
As a leader and the integrator of care, the professional nurse has the responsibility, authority, and accountability for planning, coordinating and evaluating the patient’s care needs.
Provides nursing care to patients and families needing rehabilitation, medical intervention, advanced illness, or end-of-life care.
Principle Responsibilities
Comprehensive assessment of patient and family needs; identification of outcomes based on needs assessment; establishing the plan of care;
supervising the progress; and modification of the plan of care as needed.
- Maintains education and competencies to remain proficient to provide high quality patient care practice and skills.
- Incorporates evidence-based nursing practice taking into consideration current statutes, rules and regulations when developing the plan of care.
- Establishes, in the collaboration with the family and patient, realistic and measurable patient expected outcomes based on nursing diagnoses, patients present and potential capabilities, goals, available resources and plan for continuity of care.
- Identifies outcomes that are age appropriate, culturally appropriate, realistic and attainable.
- Coordinates, collaborates, and delegates appropriately to ensure care is provided in a safe, effective fashion.
- Fulfills all organizational requirements.
- Supplemental roles :
Charge Nurse (only when acting in this role).
Demonstrates ability to coordinate, delegate, and direct unit operation, collaborates effectively with unit staff, leadership and other disciplines.
Preceptor (only when acting in this role).
Demonstrates ability to identify the orientee's learning needs, plans appropriate learning experiences and demonstrates ability to validate clinical competence of orientee.
Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
- Associate's or Vocational degree in Nursing
- 0 to 2 years RN experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degreein Nursing
- May consider new graduate RN
- 0 to 2 years homecare / hospice experience
Licenses / Certifications
- Licensed Registered Nurse - MN Board of Nursing required if working in the state of MN upon hire
- BLS Tier 1 - Basic Life Support - Multisource required by completion of orientation
- Valid Driver’s License required upon hire - MN and WI residents must obtain a valid driver’s license in their state of residence within 60 days of employment
- CHPN Certified Hospice and Palliative Nursing preferred
- RN-BC RN Case Management preferred
- ANCC-RNCM Certification in Case Management preferred
Physical Demands
- Medium Work* :
- Lifting weightUp to 32 lbs. occasionally (*Allina Safe Patient Moving Policy), Up to 25 lbs. frequently