RN, Registered Nurse I - IMC Cardiovascular - Full Time
Company: Christus Health
Location: Alexandria
Posted on: October 26, 2024
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Job Description:
Description
Summary:
Responsible for patient assessment, patient care planning, and
provision of quality nursing care to an assigned group of patients
for a defined work period. Provides direction and supervision to
LVN/LPNs, nursing assistants, unit secretaries, and other
clinical/clerical associates. By assignment, may function as a
charge nurse for the unit. Involves provision of patient
care/service to older adolescents, young adults, adults, geriatric
and pediatric patients.
Responsibilities:
--- Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies:
Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders. --- Patient
Care Planning--- Develops a comprehensive nursing care plan which
addresses all significant needs and problems identified through
nursing assessment. --- Prepares nursing elements of the
interdisciplinary care plan prior to the initial team conference.
--- Reviews and updates nursing care plan and collaborates with
team members as changes occur. --- Patient Care Provision---
Implements patient care as planned in nursing care plan and
interdisciplinary care plan. --- Sets priorities based on knowledge
of patient acuity and patient needs. --- Provides safe and
therapeutic care and seeks resources when appropriate. --- Safely
performs and accurately documents procedures, consistent with
established nursing policy and procedure. --- Patient Care
Evaluation--- Evaluates patient response to interventions and
attainment of goals in collaboration with interdisciplinary team.
--- Evaluates progress toward nursing goals and revises goals as
needed on a weekly basis. --- Completes nursing progress note for
assigned patients on a daily basis. --- Completes nursing flow
sheets for assigned patients on a daily basis. --- Teaching---
Evaluates education needs of patient and significant others and
documents their response to teaching. --- Utilizes, adapts, and
revises teaching resources to meet patient education needs. ---
Explains procedures, tests, and disease process to patients and
families as needed. --- Acts as role model for health care students
and other team members. --- Acts as preceptor to assigned
orientees. --- Assists in the orientation of new staff by sharing
knowledge and experience. --- Patient Care Communication--- Reports
and documents accurately and concisely to appropriate persons the
patient's condition. --- Maintains patient confidentiality. ---
Applies basic verbal and nonverbal skills to maintain open,
effective communication among care team members, patients, and
significant others. --- Encourages direct discussion between staff
members when differences occur and seeks assistance to arbitrate
differences as needed. --- Gives and accepts constructive feedback
appropriately. --- Identifies actual and potentially unsafe patient
care practices, reports them in the designated manner, and suggests
alternatives. 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 designated unit's
patient populationStandard 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 accuracyStandard 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 industryStandard 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 activitiesTECHNICAL 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 techniquesHealth
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 practicesMedical 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
equipmentMedical 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 eachPatient 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 othersPatient 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:
Experience:
Education:
Licenses/Certifications/Registrations:
Work Schedule:
TBD
Work Type:
Full Time
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