Registered Nurse

Team members need to enjoy adult and pediatric med/surg as well as emergency services.

About the role

The Registered Nurse is directly responsible for the care and supervision of patients and personnel in the emergency room and nursing unit.

Responsibilities

• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
• Promotes patients' independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patients, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions.
• Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing divisions' philosophies and standards of care set by the Kansas Board of Nursing and Kansas Nurse Practice Act.
• Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
• Maintains a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations, and calling for assistance from health care support personnel.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
• Documents patient care services by charting in CPSI Electronic Medical Record.
• Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
• Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
• Ensures operation of equipment by completing hospital-required educational opportunities; following manufacturers' instructions; reporting needed repairs to maintenance; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques.
• Maintains nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies; using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results and restocking as needed.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving methods.
• Adheres to patient rights and confidentiality regulations.
• Supports Caldwell Regional Medical Center and nursing department policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
• Hold a current Kansas Registered Nurse license.
• Maintain required 30 units of Continuing Education every two years.
• Have comprehensive knowledge of infection control practices, safe lifting practices, and caring for patients of any age group.
• Willingness to participate in in-service training.
• Good physical and mental health.