Inpatient Registered Nurse
Cherokee Indian Hospital · Cherokee, NC · 1 mo ago
HealthcarePart-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Key info:
- Position: PART TIME INTERMITTENT Location: Medical Inpatient Primary Function ... (but we shouldn't repeat title). We can include location maybe in About the role.
- About the role: description of primary function: performing nursing procedures to patients of all ages independently within established policy within Inpatient Department at Cherokee Indian Hospital, Cherokee NC. Registered Nurse responsibilities: assessment, development, implementation, evaluation of patient plan of care; administration of therapeutic measures; teaching and counseling; participating in development of nursing policies and procedures and quality assurance standards; delivering comprehensive health care; performing full range of nursing process; affecting physical and psychosocial wellbeing.
We can summarize but must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. However we can condense but must keep details. The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." Means we should not omit details; but we can still group them? Might be okay to keep bullet points.
We need sections: About the role (maybe a paragraph summarizing primary function). Responsibilities: list of duties (many bullet points). Requirements: maybe education/experience, licensure, BLS, ACLS, driver's license. Qualifications: maybe similar? Actually Education/Experience is qualifications. Skills maybe not explicit. Benefits, Pay, Schedule: not mentioned. So we should not include those sections unless posting actually states them. There's no mention of benefits, pay, schedule. So we omit Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. So we can have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (Education/Experience), Qualifications maybe same as Requirements? Could combine but we need to follow headings list. We could put Requirements for licensure, education, etc. Qualifications maybe for skills like ability to adapt, etc. But we need to avoid filler.
Better: Use About the role (summary of primary function). Responsibilities (list of duties). Requirements (education, licensure, BLS/ACLS, driver's license). Qualifications maybe not needed; but we could include "Qualifications" for things like ability to adapt, cross-training, etc. However those are responsibilities. Might be okay to have only About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements. The instruction says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we can have three sections.
We must not include empty sections.
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Thus:
About the role
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Responsibilities
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Requirements
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We need to preserve all substantive info. Let's extract details.
From posting:
Primary Function: The incumbent performs nursing procedures to patients of all ages independently within the framework of established policy within the Inpatient Department at the Cherokee Indian Hospital, Cherokee North Carolina. The Registered Nurse is a licensed professional nurse responsible for assessment of patients, development, implementation and evaluation of a patient plan of care; administration of therapeutic measures; teaching and counseling of patients and families; and participating in the development of nursing policies and procedures and quality assurance standards. The Registered Nurse is responsible for the delivery of comprehensive health care to patients of all ages, utilizing standards of care and practice, policies, protocols, and procedures. The purpose of the work is to perform the full range of the nursing process from assessment to evaluation. The work affects the physical and psychosocial wellbeing of the patients and their families.
Job Description (more details):
- Provides nursing care in accordance with established nursing care standards, participates in emergency care, routine, curative, rehabilitative, and preventive nursing care.
- The nurse will function in the Inpatient Department under the supervision of the Director, Division of Nursing or his/her designee to insure patient care is provided in a safe and efficient quality manner.
- Demonstrates ability and willingness to adapt to special circumstances, such as patient emergencies, fluctuations in census and acuity level of patients, and disasters.
- May be required to rotate between nursing departments including outpatient and the emergency department.
- Participates in cross training of services within the nursing department. The Director, Division of Nursing or his/her designee will schedule cross training.
- Works on a regularly assigned or rotational basis to provide continuity of services during evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays. May be required to rotate shifts and be subject to on-call and callback.
- Participates in cross training of services within the nursing department. (duplicate)
- The Nurse will be evaluated annually on his/her ability to identify, assess, analyze, and evaluate data and solve problems.
- Performs ongoing assessment by actively participating in the determination of meeting the nursing care needs based upon collection and interpretation of data relevant to the health status of the client.
- Collects data from relevant sources regarding the biological, psychological, social and cultural factors and determines the influences these factors have on the health status of the individual.
- Collects data through observations of appearance and behavior, measurements of physical structure and physiological function, and information regarding available resources.
- Interprets data, recognizes existing relationships between data collected and the client’s health status and treatment regimen, and determines the client’s need for immediate nursing interventions.
- Reviews the patient’s health records and health summary, interviewing patients and family members, documenting the chief complaints, medical history, physical and clinical findings, identifying learning needs of the patient and family, and determining priority of care required. Assessment for health prevention, health promotion, restorative, and health maintenance needs is emphasized.
- The nurse will plan patient care according to individual assessed patient needs and established hospital policies and procedures.
- Functions as charge nurse when assigned by the Director, Division of Nursing or his/her designee; assigns nursing staff according to staff competency and patient complexity and provides technical supervision for staff members, including reviewing procedures; anticipates problems and acts to resolve problems.
- Initiates plan of care based on assessment of the patient for specific illnesses, injuries, and diseases and human behavior and appropriate standards of care.
- Develops expected patient outcomes that are observable and within an adequate period, and are congruent with the patient’s present and potential physical capabilities and behavioral patterns.
- Plans for care to provide for the basic needs of patients including health prevention, health promotion, protection, comfort, nutritional, fluid and electrolyte balance, physiological functions, activity, rest, and sleep, hygiene, oxygenation, management of health, growth and development, and coping.
- Implements nursing care according to the established health care plan.
- Performs nursing interventions.
- Detects changes in the patient’s condition and takes appropriate action.
- Recognizes, identifies and interprets serious situations and immediately decides proper action.
- Initiates appropriate resuscitative measures in an emergency.
- Initiates appropriate action when safety measures are required to protect patients.
- Documents observations, nursing interventions, patient progress, needs, treatments, diagnoses, possible side effects of treatment, teaching, patient response, effectiveness, complications and communicates information to the physician, co-workers and other health personnel.
- Administers and documents medications per manufacturer guidelines, hospital policy and established protocols and according to State Board of Nursing regulations. Documents all known drug allergies on the medical record and according to protocol.
- Assures that all medications, treatments and tests are done appropriately and in a timely manner, detects, and reports medication errors.
- Provides counseling, teaching, and anticipatory guidance to patients and families on preventive, curative and rehabilitation measures involved in health care. Documents all patient education activities within the patients/family’s level of understanding.
- Provides guidance, leadership, and training to other nursing personnel.
- Coordinates health care needs through referrals to support services, community, and tribal resources to promote continuity of care.
- Maintains a safe environment through the practice of Universal Precautions and Body Substance Isolation, medical waste/chemical management and containment. Isolates infected patients. Cleans patient contact areas and equipment according to policies and OSHA regulations.
- Participates in the development and implementation of performance improvement activities. Identifies and reports risk management issues.
- Assumes responsibility for the adequacy and appropriateness of supplies and ensures proper functioning of all medical equipment. Maintains cleanliness and orderliness of work areas.
- Promotes patient advocacy and confidentiality.
- Serves on Committees as appointed.
- Maintains and promotes positive and constructive communications and activities within Nursing services, other departments, tribal, and community agencies for purposes of coordinating and understanding of goals and objectives relevant to the population served.
- Functions appropriately during disasters.
- Updates and maintains currency/competency in nursing practices and standards by attending training and in-services.
- Evaluates patient care provided.
- Directly observes and evaluates patient care.
- Revises nursing care to reflect changes in patient needs.
- Documents nursing care and patient progress according to hospital policy.
- Participates in ongoing nursing quality assurance program.
- May be necessary to work when Administrative leave is granted if patient care would be compromised.
Education/Experience:
- Graduated from an accredited Bachelor or Associate Degree program in nursing.
- Applicant must have an unrestricted valid Registered Nurse license within the state of North Carolina or a state that is accepted as reciprocity.
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) minimally required, current ACLS could be substituted for BLS.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) recommended. Can be acquired through the facility following appointment to position.
- Proficiency rated at 2 years for a new graduate to reach the journeyman’s level.
- Applicant must have a valid North Carolina driver’s license.
- Please visit our website for full job description (we can drop as boilerplate).
We need to avoid duplication. Also remove "Please visit our website for full job description" as boilerplate.
Now construct sections.
About the role: combine primary function description into a paragraph.
Responsibilities: list bullet points from Job Description (excluding duplicates). We'll need to include many but ensure we keep all substantive info. Could be long but okay.
Requirements: list bullet points from Education/Experience.
We must not include Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
Now produce HTML.
Make sure no extra markdown fences.
Let's craft.
About the role paragraph:
"The incumbent performs nursing procedures to patients of all ages independently within the framework of established policy within the Inpatient Department at the Cherokee Indian Hospital, Cherokee, North Carolina. As a licensed professional nurse, the Registered Nurse is responsible for patient assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of a plan of care; administration of therapeutic measures; teaching and counseling of patients and families; and participation in the development of nursing policies, procedures and quality assurance standards. The role entails delivering comprehensive health care using established standards, policies, protocols and procedures, performing the full nursing process from assessment to evaluation, and affecting the physical and psychosocial wellbeing of patients and their families."
That captures substance.
Now Responsibilities bullet list: we need to include each distinct duty.
Let's compile list, removing duplicates like cross training appears twice.
List:
- Provides nursing care in accordance with established nursing care standards, participates in emergency care, routine, curative, rehabilitative, and preventive nursing care.
- Functions in the Inpatient Department under the supervision of the Director, Division of Nursing (or designee) to ensure patient care is provided safely and efficiently.
- Demonstrates ability and willingness to adapt to special circumstances such as patient emergencies, fluctuations in census and acuity level, and disasters.
- May be required to rotate between nursing departments including outpatient and the emergency department.
- Participates in cross‑training of services within the nursing department; cross‑training schedules are arranged by the Director, Division of Nursing (or designee).
- Works on a regularly assigned or rotational basis to provide continuity of services during evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays; may be required to rotate shifts and be subject to on‑call and callback.
- Is evaluated annually on ability to identify, assess, analyze, and evaluate data and solve problems.
- Performs ongoing assessment by actively participating in determination of meeting nursing care needs based on collection and interpretation of data
for prose. Thus:
About the role
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Responsibilities
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Requirements
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