Registered Nurse (RN) - Med Surg

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Shift: Days, 7:00am to 7:30pm, every other weekend is required

Hours: 12

Job Type: Full Time

Up to $15,000 Sign-On bonus based on experience

Provides high quality professional nursing services in a medical and surgical environment.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES


* Maintains knowledge of the nursing process and the path physiology disease.

Demonstrates knowledge of the nursing process and utilizes it in assessment of path physiology disease.


* Develops a plan of care based on assessments of patient problems with appropriate interventions.


* All patients assigned to RN have a plan of care based on assessments and interventions are appropriate.


* Ability to organize patient care responsibilities with assignment of ancillary staff based on skills and experience. 


* Patient care has been organized with appropriate assignment of ancillary staff.


* Provides patient education based on disease and discharge of planning needs.  All patients assigned to RN have educational needs met and documentation is present on chart.                         


* Administers medications safely.  No evidence of serious medication errors or careless practice. 


* Maintains patient confidentiality and provides information to patients when needed for Informed Consent.


* Observes patient’s rights, confidentiality & reports incidents of elder abuse when indicated.   


* Archives competencies in skills needed for the unit assigned.  Competencies are achieved and maintained through annual appraisal. 


* Completes documentation as required for chart documents and unusual occurrences (Incident Reports).  Charting documentation is complete; incident reports are timely and routed appropriately.         


* Maintains currency in nursing practice by attending seminars, in-services, and journal reading. 


* Nursing practice reflects currency in theory and adherence to correct principles.                             


* Assists in planning, supervising and instructing LVN’s, CNA’s and students. 


* Supervises and evaluates RN’s, LVN’s and Patient Care Technicians.                               


* Knowledge of patient’s rights, confidentiality, & Elder Abuse Reporting requirements. 


* Observes Patients’ Bill of Rights & reports incidents of Elder Abuse, if indicated.                     


* Ability to recognize and appropriately respond to cardiac arrhythmias displayed on a monitor and/or printed strip.

 Correctly identifies and appropriately responds to basic cardiac arrhythmias.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Education/Certification/Experience:


* Current CA RN license


* Current CPR Certification


* ACLS within 90 days of hire


* Dysrhythmia interpretation course or demonstrated competency in interpretation of dysrhythmias by the end of...