Staff Nurse II Float (ICU, Med / Surg, Tele Float)

Job Summary : \n\nThe Registered Nurse (RN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The RN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.Essential Responsibilities : \n

• Performs assessment / data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient / family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.\n
• Formulates a goal-directed plan of care when and where appropriate to do so.\n
• Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.\n
• Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.\n
• Identifies patient / family learning needs and acts to meet them.\n
• Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient / family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.\n
• Provides / coordinates care for patients / patient populations.\n
• Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.\n
• Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n
• Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.\n
• Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.\n
• Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.\n
• Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.\n
• Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.\n
• Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.\n
• Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel.\n
• Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.\n
• Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.\n
• Participates in nursing research activities as requested.\n
• Identifies and solves problems effectively.\n
• Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.\n
• Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.\n
• Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities in documenting, tracking and conveying information. Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.\n
• Perform other related duties as necessary.\n
• Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.\n
• Identifies patient / family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.\n
• Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.\n
• Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.\n
• Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.\n
• If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.