RN, Registered Nurse

Company: CHRISTUS Health
Location: Marshall
Posted on: September 26, 2024

Job Description:

Summary: Experienced Nurse required to provide high-quality patient care in a fast-paced clinical setting, utilizing critical thinking skills and evidence-based practice to deliver safe and effective care.

The ideal candidate will possess a strong nursing background, with a focus on patient-centered care, and will be able to work independently and as part of a team to achieve excellent patient outcomes. The successful candidate will be a skilled communicator, able to effectively collaborate with healthcare professionals to provide comprehensive care.

Responsibilities:

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• Provide routine and complex care to patients, utilizing the nursing process to assess, diagnose, plan, intervene, and evaluate patient care.
  
• Develop and implement individualized plans of care, incorporating evidence-based practice and patient-centered care principles.
  
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals to provide comprehensive care, including medication administration, treatment, and education.
  
• Document patient history, symptoms, medication, and care given, utilizing accurate and timely documentation practices.
  
• Assess learning needs and provide education to patients, family members, and caregivers, identifying issues and resources.
  
  
  Core Competencies:
  
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  • Standard I: Utilizes the Nursing Process
    
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    • Uses critical thinking skills to assess patient needs, communicating findings to healthcare team members.
      
    • Develops and implements individualized plans of care, incorporating evidence-based practice and patient-centered care principles.
      
    • Implements patient care and therapeutic procedures, monitoring and documenting progression of treatment and teaching goals.
      
      
    • Standard II. Patient Throughput & Patient Flow Process
      
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      • Anticipates and plans for admission/discharge/transfer needs, facilitating patient flow.
        
      • Utilizes appropriate systems of communication and tools to facilitate the discharge process.
        
        
      • Standard III. Unit Operations
        
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        • 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.
          
          
        • Standard IV. Safe Practice/Quality Care/Regulations
          
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          • Incorporates patient safety practices/guidelines to promote a safe environment, resulting in positive patient outcomes.
            
          • Demonstrates accountability for nursing research and quality improvement activities.
            
            
            
            Technical Competencies:
            
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            • Clinical Policies and Standards
              
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              • Follows a specific set of standards and associated clinical procedures.
                
              • Analyzes policy and standards documentation and ensures organizational compliance.
                
                
              • Health Information Documentation
                
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                • Shares experiences with maintaining paper and electronic patient documentation.
                  
                • Walks through the steps and procedures for receiving, validating, and updating patient records.
                  
                  
                • Medical Equipment
                  
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                  • Describes experience with basic medical equipment used in the unit or facility.
                    
                  • Uses standard diagnostic tools and techniques to resolve common equipment problems.
                    
                    
                  • Medical Order Processing
                    
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                    • 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.
                      
                      
                    • Patient Chart Reading and Interpretation
                      
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                      • Describes experiences in reading and interpreting patient charts for patients on the unit and under own care.
                        
                      • Reviews patients' charts for completion and accuracy, identifying and alerting to mistakes or omissions.
                        
                        
                      • Patient Safety
                        
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                        • 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.
                          
                          
                          
                          Job Requirements:
                          
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                          • Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred.
                            
                          • 1 year of experience in the related nursing specialty, preferred.
                            
                          • BLS required.
                            
                          • RN License in state of employment or compact.
                            
                            
                            Work Schedule: 7PM - 7AM
                            Work Type: Full Time

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