RN, Registered Nurse - Labor AND Delivery

Description

Summary :

The competent Nurse, in the same or similar clinicalsetting, practices independently and demonstrates an awareness ofall relevant aspects of a situation.

Provides routine and complexcare, with the ability to on long-range goals or plans. Continuesto develop the ability to cope with and manage contingencies ofclinical nursing.

Makes appropriate assignments and delegates toother care providers as a means to help manage the clinicalsituation.

CHRISTUS Santa RosaHospital - Westover Hills (CSRH-WH) is a 150-bed hospital servingthe fastest growing area of San Antonio.

Specialized care includesorthopedic and surgical services, ICU, women’s services, a newbornnursery, comprehensive cardiovascular care from diagnostics to openheart surgery, vascular lab, sleep center, emergency services, theCHRISTUS Weight Loss Institute, wound care, rehabilitation, andmore.

The campus also boasts an Outpatient Imaging Center and threemedical plazas, one of which houses our CHRISTUS Santa Rosa FamilyMedicine Residency Program and CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Family HealthCenter.

Responsibilities :

• Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUSCompetencies : Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader ofLeaders.
• Consistent with the ANA Scope and Standardsof Practice, provides nursing care utilizing the nursing process,including assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention andevaluation for assigned patients.
• Addressesincreasingly complex psychological, emotional, cultural, and socialneeds of patient and families in accordance with their level ofpractice.
• Using the appropriate protocol, administersmedications and treatments; monitors for side-effects andeffectiveness of the treatment prescribed.
• Documentspatient history, symptoms, medication, and care given.
• Assess learning needs and provides education to patients, familymembers and / or care givers; identify issues and resources.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Standard I : Utilizesthe Nursing Process

• Uses critical thinking skills toassess the basic physical, psychosocial, social, cultural,spiritual, and development needs of patient and families
• Communicates findings to appropriate healthcare teammembers
• Develops and uses a specific plan of care andmodifies it to meet individual patient needs using evidence-basedpractice
• Implements patient care and therapeuticprocedures; monitors and documents progression of treatment andteaching goals
• Evaluates the care and treatment(s)provided to the patient and the patient response to the care andtreatment(s)
• Performs timely reassessment anddocumentation
• Must be able to perform unit-specificcompetencies based on the specific patient care need for thedesignated unit's patient population

Standard II. Patient Throughput & Patient FlowProcess

• Anticipates and plans foradmission / discharge / transfer needs to facilitate patient flow
• Utilizes appropriate systems of communication and tools tofacilitate the discharge process
• Coaches on tools andtechniques for checking, cross checking and validating orders toensure accuracy

Standard III. UnitOperations

• Plans, directs, and evaluates the overallnursing care and functions in a particular nursing unit during anassigned shift
• Demonstrates good stewardship in properuse and maintenance of equipment and Supplies
• Assessesdepartmental staffing needs; actively participates in resourcingefforts.
• Educates and trains others on theoperations, ethics, and regulations within the industry

Standard IV. Safe Practice / QualityCare / Regulations

• Incorporates patient safetypractices / guidelines to promote a safe environment resulting inpositive patient outcomes
• Demonstrates accountabilityfor nursing research and quality improvement activities
• Provides evidence-based nursing care
• Communicates patient information effectively across the continuumof care
• Educates and trains others on the operations,ethics, and regulations within the industry
• Knowledgeof federal, state and local healthcare-related laws andregulations; ability to comply with these in healthcare practicesand activities

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

Clinical Policies and Standards

• Follows aspecific set of standards and associated clinical procedures
• Analyzes policy and standards documentation and ensuresorganizational compliance
• Provides feedback forimprovement of procedures
• Assists in the developmentand implementation of specific procedures
• Works withcontrol and monitoring mechanisms, tools and techniques

Health Information Documentation

• Shares experiences with maintaining paper and electronic patientdocumentation
• Walk through the steps and proceduresfor receiving, validating and updating patient records
• Describes the flow of information between various stations orunits
• Discusses the functions, features and documentflow of electronic documentation
• Transcribes verbalorders; explains techniques for ensuring their accuracy
• Explains health information documentation best practices andtheir rationale across health care practices

Medical Equipment

• Describes experience with basicmedical equipment used in own unit or facility
• Usesstandard diagnostic tools and techniques to resolves commonequipment problems
• Educates patients about theappropriate use of home medical equipment
• Ensures thatall equipment and related supplies are in proper working orderprior to use to ensure patient safety
• Inspects,troubleshoots and evaluates incoming equipment

Medical Order Processing

• Shares experiences withprocessing medical orders for one or more groups of patients orconditions
• Describes functions and features of thesystem used to enter, validate, update and forward medicalorders
• Discusses common errors, their sources andprocedures for correcting
• Explains considerations forentering and following standing orders
• Differentiatesbetween standing orders and preprinted orders and considerationsfor each

Patient Chart Reading andInterpretation

• Describes experiences in reading andinterpreting patient charts for patients on unit and under owncare
• Reviews patients’ charts for completion andaccuracy; identifies and alerts to mistakes or omissions
• Recognizes unexpected readings and alerts nursing or medicalstaff
• Relates examples of mis-readings ormisinterpretations and lessons learned
• Reviews,discusses and validates own interpretation with others

Patient Safety

• Shares experienceswith ensuring safety for one or more patient groups orsettings
• Explains key features of safety guidelinesand procedures for those groups and settings
• Listensand responds to safety inquiries from patients and familymembers
• Recognizes and addresses physiological andpsychological signs of problems
• Describesconsiderations for patients who can cause to harm to self, versusharm to others
• Utilizes appropriate systems todocument misses and near misses, participates in immediateinvestigating, analysis and reporting in real-time

Meets all requirements identified in thisposition description.

Requirements : Experience :

Experience :

• Perinatal RN Residency, or recently practicingin a Perinatal Setting is preferred.
• 1 year ofexperience in the related nursing specialty preferred.

Education :

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing,preferred.
• All newly hired experienced RNsmust attend New Nurses Orientation within the first 30 days ofhire.
• New hires are precepted by adesignated trained staff member and initial on-boardingrequirements are validated through successful completion of thedesignated organizational entry competency validation and aPerinatal Department-specific competencyvalidation.
• Completion of all annualcompetency verification requirements.

Licenses / Certifications / Registrations :

• RN License in state of employment orcompact
• BLSrequired
• Current certification from NCCElectronic Fetal Monitoring (C-EFM) or one of the following AWHONNcourses : Intermediate FHM, Intermediate FHM Instructor, AdvancedFHM Instructor, or Instructor Trainer at time of hire forexperienced nurses;

within 90 days of hire for new graduates andexperienced nurses new to the specialty then required to maintaincourse certification thereafter.

• Current ACLS certification within 30 days of hire for experiencednurses; within 90 days of hire for new graduates then required tomaintain certification thereafter.
• Current NRPcertification at time of hire for experienced nurses; within 60days for new graduates and experienced nurses new to the specialtythen required to maintain certificationthereafter.

WorkSchedule : Varies

Varies

WorkType : FullTime

FullTime

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