Acute Care RN - Behavioral Health Adult - Less than PT - Day

About the Role

Behavioral Health is a specialty within the nursing profession that encompasses the care of individuals across the life span who present with physical, emotional, or psychological alterations of health. Psychiatric nursing is care of acute and chronic illnesses in nature and occurs in a variety of care settings. Psychiatric nursing encompasses care of various psychiatric illnesses at various stages in the acute setting, helping prepare the patient and family for safe discharge and therapeutic continuum of care. It includes the care of patients greater than the age of 18 with multiple psychiatric conditions.

Psychiatric nurses have adapted the nursing process to include components of de-escalation skills, maintaining safety, assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation of human responses when caring for patients.

Responsibilities

• Collects pertinent data and information relative to the patient, situation, or setting.
• Analyzes assessment data to determine actual or potential problems and issues.
• Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the patient or situation.
• Develops a collaborative plan encompassing strategies to achieve expected outcomes.
• Implements identified plan through coordination of care and employs strategies to promote health and wellness.
• Evaluates progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes.
• Delivers professional nursing care guided by Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring, illustrated by creating caring relationships, taking time to have uninterrupted moments with patients, and displaying unconditional acceptance and respect.
• Promotes a mutually respectful environment that encourages the exchange of ideas, supports the effectiveness of professional relationships, and integrates ethics in all aspects of practice.
• Demonstrates advocacy in all roles and settings.
• Practices Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion principles in daily work by respecting others’ uniqueness, perspectives, backgrounds, or beliefs.
• Communicates effectively in all areas of professional practice.
• Mentors nurses new to their role to ensure successful enculturation, orientation, competence, and emotional support. Supports students to enhance their knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Commits to lifelong learning through critical thinking, self-reflection, and inquiry for personal growth and development.
• Demonstrates willingness to participate in and lead nursing practice in process evolution within the scope of the Stormont Vail Health professional practice model.
• Utilizes appropriate resources to plan, provide, and sustain evidence-based nursing services that are safe, effective, and financially responsible, and used judiciously.
• Complies with all policies, standards, mandatory training, and requirements of Stormont Vail Health.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to rights of patient/significant other, as identified within the institution. (Required proficiency)
• Demonstrates awareness and application of safety issues as identified within the institution. (Required proficiency)
• Demonstrates awareness of legal issues in all aspects of patient care and departmental functioning. Strives to manage situations in a manner that minimizes risk to the patient and the institution. (Required proficiency)
• Demonstrates competency in selected psychomotor skills. (Required proficiency)
• Ability to communicate effectively using verbal, non-verbal, and written methods. (Required proficiency)
• Ability to perform mathematical calculations related to medication administration and equipment calibration. Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. (Required proficiency)

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (RN) license from the Kansas State Board of Nursing (KSBN). A multistate license with the ability to practice within the State of Kansas is also accepted.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification must be obtained within 90 days of hire. RQI, CPR, or ACLS certifications may be required in lieu of or in addition to BLS depending on the department.

Schedule

Part-time, 12 hours per week, 12-hour day shift.

Physical Demands

• Balancing: Occasionally (1-3 hours)
• Carrying: Occasionally (1-3 hours)
• Climbing (Ladders/Stairs): Occasionally (1-3 hours)
• Crawling/Crouching/Kneeling: Occasionally (1-3 hours)
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination, Feeling, Grasping (Fine/Gross Motor), Handling, Hearing: Frequently (3-5 hours)
• Lifting: Frequently (3-5 hours) up to 50 lbs
• Operate Foot Controls/Pulling/Pushing/Reaching (Forward/Overhead): Occasionally (1-3 hours) up to 25 lbs
• Repetitive Motions/Sitting/Standing/Stooping/Talking/Walking: Occasionally (1-3 hours)

Working Conditions

• Burn/Chemical/Dusts/Electrical/Explosive/Extreme Temperatures/Mechanical/Other Atmospheric Conditions/Poor Ventilation, Fumes and/or Gases/Radiant Energy/Vibration/Wet and/or Humid/Hazards (other): Rarely (less than 1 hour)
• Combative Patients/Infectious Diseases/Risk of Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids/Risk of Exposure to Hazardous Drugs: Occasionally (1-3 hours)
• Needle Stick/Noise/Sounds: Frequently (3-5 hours)