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PRN Staff Nurse

PRN Staff Nurse

The Menninger ClinicHouston, TX, US
Hace más de 30 días
Tipo de contrato
  • A tiempo completo
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Job Description

Job Description

PRN, As-Needed Days or Nights

Key Functions

Patient care

  • Assessment and care planning –
  • Sets appropriate goals; including the physical, psychological, social, and continuing care needs of each patient; evaluates nursing actions to meet those goals; and makes recommendations for any changes.
  • Demonstrates effective bio-psycho-social assessment skills
  • Develops comprehensive nursing care plans based on nursing diagnosis and standards of care, clearly written with expected outcomes
  • Effectively utilizes nursing process in directing and providing patient care
  • Modifies plan of care based on ongoing patient assessment
  • Insures effective health teaching for patients and families
  • Insures comprehensive discharge planning relative to nursing care needs
  • Effective member of interdisciplinary team
  • Observes, documents and communicates patient responses and effectiveness of nursing intervention and medication; documents in patient’s medical record according to established policy and procedure
  • Insures safety by making patient and safety rounds according to policy, regularly assessing physical environments, and follow-up for identified concerns
  • Seeks constructive feedback from co-workers regarding performance, interpersonal relations, nursing skills and abilities; recognizes limitations through self-appraisal and peer review. Effectively utilizes management and clinical supervision
  • Supports and encourages constructive working relationship with program and other disciplines / departments while valuing opposing ideas
  • Responds to patients, staff and visitors in professional manner
  • Demonstrates good judgment and behavior appropriate to the hospital, including such characteristics as grooming and personal appearance, speech, and personal hygiene
  • Participates in performance improvement activities
  • Relieves charge nurse in his / her absence as assigned
  • Provision of nursing interventions
  • Demonstrates knowledge of medication action, mode of administration, side effects and contraindications by successfully completing annual medication examination.
  • Provides safe and timely administration of medication and prescribed treatments, insuring prompt reporting of all errors
  • Effectively engages patients in full participation of treatment program

Hospital operations

  • Seeks opportunities to participate in hospital committees, performance improvement initiatives, and activities
  • Participates in orientation and training of students and new staff
  • Education Required : BSN

    License / Certification : Current license to practice as RN in state of Texas

    Experience : Two years experience in psychiatric nursing