Nurse Clinician II (RN) - ED League City (7p-7a)

About the role

Location: League City, Texas, United States. Requisition # 2606088.

Job Summary: Advanced Beginner Clinician. Possesses knowledge and skill necessary to meet nursing standards for professional practice specified in Texas Nurse Practice Act without supervision. Recognizes when assistance is needed and seeks appropriate resources. Practice is characterized by a balance of dependent and interdependent decision making. Focus is on expanding knowledge and skills for specialty area. Provides patient care through nursing-based practices upon the American Nurses Association Standards of Professional Practice and Professional Performance. Values specialty unit, nursing, and institutional strategic initiatives and health system goals.

Responsibilities

• Professional Practice: Nursing Process Assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents the daily care of assigned patients.Identifies nursing diagnoses/patient care needs. Develops and individualizes care plan and revises plan of care as needed.Executes physician's orders for all assigned patients. Administers medications and treatments and delivers culturally congruent and specialty appropriate competent nursing care in accordance with UTMB's policies, procedures, and standards in a caring and compassionate manner.Performs routine technical procedures/skills in specialty area assigned.
• Patient/Family Teaching & Health Promotion Provides basic patient/family instruction and healthcare teaching based on identified learning needs (patient values, beliefs, barriers, and readiness to learn).Identifies potential impact of family dynamics*.Utilizes evidence-based resources to provide patient/family education.Uses Teach-Back to determine effectiveness and modifies strategies as needed.
• Care Coordination & Delegation Plans, coordinates, and prioritizes patient care activities according to skill level and work complexity.Maintains safety and continuity of care using methods such as bedside shift report, hand-off tools/processes, inter-disciplinary rounding, etc.Demonstrates effective time management