Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
About the role
Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities involving providing advanced health care to individuals, families or groups as an advanced or expert clinician. This includes the assessment of individual health, analyzing data to determine medical and nursing care needed, planning a treatment strategy to meet identified needs, and evaluating responses to nursing and medical interventions.
Responsibilities
- Provides advanced primary, secondary or tertiary health care for individuals, families or groups at an advanced or expert clinician level;
- Assesses individual health, analyzes data to determine health and nursing care needed, plans a strategy to meet identified health care needs, evaluates responses to interventions and makes changes in care or treatment as needed;
- Identifies and allocates community health care resources or coordinates and evaluates other health resources necessary to meet individual or group needs at the most appropriate level.
Requirements
- Possession of a valid Oklahoma license as a Registered Nurse by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing;
- Recognition as a certified Advanced Practice Nurse by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing;
- Three years of experience as a Registered Nurse plus one year of experience as an Advanced Practice Nurse.
Qualifications
- Education and experience requirements consist of possession of a valid Oklahoma license as a Registered Nurse by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing, recognition as a certified Advanced Practice Nurse by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing, and three years of experience as a Registered Nurse plus one year of experience as an Advanced Practice Nurse.
Skills
- Knowledge of human anatomy, physiology and chemistry;
- Medical diagnosis techniques, methods and procedures;
- Theory, principles and practices of nursing or health care delivery systems;
- Ambulatory care;
- Methods and procedures of laboratory and X-ray and other diagnosis techniques;
- Pharmaceutical agents, their usage and contraindications;
- Minor surgical procedures and techniques;
- Safety and safety practices;
- Medical management techniques.
Benefits
Note: Approval for prescriptive authority requires current licensure in Oklahoma as a Registered Nurse and as a Certified Nurse Practitioner (CNP), Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM), or Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) within 30 calendars days of the entry-on-duty date. The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse must hold a graduate degree at an advanced practice level or a post-master’s certificate at an advanced practice level if the master’s degree is in nursing, in order to be eligible for initial application for prescriptive authority.
Pay
Up to $64.90 per hour
Schedule
Full time