Graduate Registered Nurse - DMC Chlidren's Hospital

About the role

DMC is hiring Graduate Nurses for ALL facilities and ALL shifts. We're "Better Together" with you on our team!

Responsibilities

• Engages in patient care activities, including patient/family education, for a group of patients and families through communication and collaboration with team members, ancillary and support services.
• Coordinates patient care activities, including patient/family education, for an assigned group of patients; assumes role of care coordinator for uncomplicated patients; utilizes clinical pathways and protocols; incorporates discharge planning at admission; evaluates variance and progress toward goals; modifies plans to achieve desired outcomes.
• Facilitates and manages patient care activities involving other departments to assure efficiency, minimize delays and optimize patient outcomes.
• Participates in cost containment efforts.
• Provides direct patient care as determined by patient, family and unit needs: determines needs, identifies goals, develops and implements plans, practices culturally sensitive care, ensures physician orders are executed, documents and communicates patient response, monitors lab values, assesses medication side effects.
• Participates in identifying quality improvement opportunities based on patient, family, visitor and physician feedback.
• Promotes patient, family, employee, visitor and unit safety.
• Identifies learning needs of patients and families regarding health status, ongoing care and home care; initiates and coordinates interdisciplinary teaching and discharge planning; provides discharge instructions regarding treatment, follow‑up, medications, etc.