RN, Registered Nurse Float IV - Nursing Float Pool - Full Time
Company: Christus Health
Location: Longview
Posted on: February 1, 2025
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Job Description:
Description
Summary:
The competent Nurse, in the Critical Care and similar clinical
setting, practices independently and demonstrates an awareness of
all relevant aspects of a situation. Provides routine and complex
care, in accordance with patient treatment plans. Continues to
develop the ability to cope with and manage contingencies of
clinical nursing. Makes appropriate assignments and delegates to
other care providers as a means to help manage the clinical
situation.
Responsibilities:
--- Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies:
Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders. --- Meets
expectations for flexibility of assignment within the ministry. ---
Proactively provide assignment availability on a regular basis. ---
Able to be assigned to more than one unit. --- Consistent with the
ANA Scope and Standards of Practice, provides nursing care
utilizing the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis,
planning, intervention and evaluation for assigned patients. ---
Addresses increasingly complex psychological, emotional, cultural,
and social needs of patient and families in accordance with their
level of practice. --- Using the appropriate protocol, administers
medications and treatments; monitors for side-effects and
effectiveness of the treatment prescribed. --- Documents patient
history, symptoms, medication, and care given. --- Assess learning
needs and provides education to patients, family members and/or
care givers; identify issues and resources. CORE
COMPETENCIESStandard I: Utilizes the Nursing Process--- Uses
critical thinking skills to assess the basic physical,
psychosocial, social, cultural, spiritual, and development needs of
patient and families. --- Communicates findings to appropriate
healthcare team members. --- Develops and uses a specific plan of
care and modifies it to meet individual patient needs using
evidence-based practice. --- Implements patient care and
therapeutic procedures; monitors and documents progression of
treatment and teaching goals. --- Evaluates the care and
treatment(s) provided to the patient and the patient response to
the care and treatment(s). --- Performs timely reassessment and
documentation. --- Must be able to perform unit-specific
competencies based on the specific patient care need for the
designated unit's patient population. Standard II. Patient
Throughput & Patient Flow Process--- Anticipates and plans for
admission/discharge/transfer needs to facilitate patient flow. ---
Utilizes appropriate systems of communication and tools to
facilitate the discharge process. --- Coaches on tools and
techniques for checking, cross checking and validating orders to
ensure accuracy. Standard III. Unit Operations--- 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. --- Assesses departmental staffing needs; actively
participates in resourcing efforts. --- Educates and trains others
on the operations, ethics, and regulations within the industry.
Standard IV. Safe Practice/Quality Care/Regulations--- Incorporates
patient safety practices/guidelines to promote a safe environment
resulting in positive patient outcomes. --- Demonstrates
accountability for nursing research and quality improvement
activities. --- Provides evidence-based nursing care. ---
Communicates patient information effectively across the continuum
of care. --- Educates and trains others on the operations, ethics,
and regulations within the industry. --- Knowledge of federal,
state and local healthcare-related laws and regulations; ability to
comply with these in healthcare practices and activities. TECHNICAL
COMPETENCIESClinical Policies and Standards--- Follows a specific
set of standards and associated clinical procedures--- Analyzes
policy and standards documentation and ensures organizational
compliance.. --- Provides feedback for improvement of procedures.
--- Assists in the development and implementation of specific
procedures. --- Works with control and monitoring mechanisms, tools
and techniques. Health Information Documentation--- Shares
experiences with maintaining paper and electronic patient
documentation. --- Walk through the steps and procedures for
receiving, validating and updating patient records. --- Describes
the flow of information between various stations or units. ---
Discusses the functions, features and document flow of electronic
documentation. --- Transcribes verbal orders; explains techniques
for ensuring their accuracy. --- Explains health information
documentation best practices and their rationale across health care
practices. Medical Equipment--- Describes experience with basic
medical equipment used in own unit or facility. --- Uses standard
diagnostic tools and techniques to resolves common equipment
problems. --- Educates patients about the appropriate use of home
medical equipment. --- Ensures that all equipment and related
supplies are in proper working order prior to use to ensure patient
safety. --- Inspects, troubleshoots and evaluates incoming
equipment. Medical Order Processing--- 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. ---
Discusses common errors, their sources and procedures for
correcting. --- Explains considerations for entering and following
standing orders. --- Differentiates between standing orders and
preprinted orders and considerations for each. Patient Chart
Reading and Interpretation--- Describes experiences in reading and
interpreting patient charts for patients on unit and under own
care. --- Reviews patients' charts for completion and accuracy;
identifies and alerts to mistakes or omissions. --- Recognizes
unexpected readings and alerts nursing or medical staff. ---
Relates examples of mis-readings or misinterpretations and lessons
learned. --- Reviews, discusses and validates own interpretation
with others. Patient Safety--- 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. --- Listens and responds to safety inquiries from
patients and family members. --- Recognizes and addresses
physiological and psychological signs of problems. --- Describes
considerations for patients who can cause to harm to self, versus
harm to others. --- Utilizes appropriate systems to document misses
and near misses, participates in immediate investigating, analysis
and reporting in real-time.
Requirements:
Education/Skills -
Experience -
Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications -
Work Schedule:
7PM-7AM
Work Type:
Full Time
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