RN, Registered Nurse Float PII - Nursing Float Pool

Description

Summary :

The competent Nurse, in the

Medsurg, Telemetry, and Intermediate Care

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

COMPETENCIES

Standard 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 COMPETENCIES

Clinical

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.

Job

Requirements : Education / Skills

Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred

Experience

Minimum of 2 years of combined experience

required in Medsurg / Telemetry and Intermediate Care

• 5 years of experience preferred

Licenses, Registrations, or

Certifications

BLS

required

RN License in state of employment or compact required

PALS required at CHRISTUS Children’s Hospital

Work Schedule : 7PM - 7AM

Work Type : Full Time