RN, Registered Nurse - General Surgery - Full Time

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.

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 : Utilizes the NursingProcess

• 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 theoverall nursing care and functions in a particular nursing unitduring an assigned shift
• Demonstrates good stewardshipin proper use and maintenance of equipment and Supplies
• Assesses departmental staffing needs; actively participatesin resourcing efforts.
• Educates and trains others onthe operations, 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

TECHNICALCOMPETENCIES

Clinical Policies andStandards

• Follows a specific set ofstandards and associated clinical procedures
• Analyzespolicy and standards documentation and ensures organizationalcompliance
• Provides feedback for improvement ofprocedures
• Assists in the development andimplementation of specific procedures
• Works withcontrol and monitoring mechanisms, tools and techniques

Health Information Documentation

• Shares experiences with maintaining paper andelectronic patient documentation
• Walk through thesteps and procedures for receiving, validating and updating patientrecords
• Describes the flow of information betweenvarious stations or units
• Discusses the functions,features and document flow of electronic documentation
• Transcribes verbal orders; explains techniques for ensuring theiraccuracy
• Explains health information documentationbest practices and their rationale across health carepractices

Medical Equipment

• Describes experience with basic medical equipmentused in own unit or facility
• Uses standard diagnostictools and techniques to resolves common equipment problems
• Educates patients about the appropriate use of home medicalequipment
• Ensures that all equipment and relatedsupplies are in proper working order prior to use to ensure patientsafety
• Inspects, troubleshoots and evaluates incomingequipment

Medical OrderProcessing

• 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 inreading and interpreting patient charts for patients on unit andunder own care
• Reviews patients’ charts for completionand accuracy; 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 experiences with ensuring safety for one or more patientgroups or settings
• Explains key features of safetyguidelines and procedures for those groups and settings
• Listens and responds to safety inquiries from patients andfamily members
• Recognizes and addresses physiologicaland psychological 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

Requirements : Experience :

Experience :

1 year of experience in the related nursingspecialty preferred

Education :

Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing,preferred

Licenses / Certifications / Registrations :

• RN License in state of employment orcompact
• BLSrequired

WorkSchedule : WorkType :

WorkType : FullTime

FullTime

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