Registered Nurse - Inventional Radiology - F/T Days

Responsibilities

• The Registered Nurse delivers nursing practices according to the most up-to-date evidence-based research, nursing policies, and standards of care.
• A day in the life of a Registered Nurse includes: Assessment, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation.
• Assessment: Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health or the situation. Performs age and disease specific assessment / data collection independently in a systematic manner focusing on physiologic, psychological and cognitive status. Recognizes clinical and diagnostic status changes in patient status. Identifies variables in patient/family education needs based on age, disease, and culturally specific learning differences.
• Planning: Develops a plan of care that prescribes strategies and interventions to attain expected outcomes. Formulates age and disease specific patient / family centered goals / outcomes based on assessment data. Develops and coordinates a plan of care which is patient / family focused, prioritized and encompasses the continuum of care.
• Implementation: Communicates, coordinates, and implements the plan of care. Provides ongoing communication with patient / family, nursing colleagues and other members of the health care team regarding patient's status, rendered care and treatment plans. Implements age and disease specific care in an organized and timely manner. Provides or coordinates the patient / family education as needed and ensures understanding. Performs according to established protocols in clinical situations, including communicating with appropriate persons and documenting events. Performs continuous Point-of-Care electronic documentation of each individual patient's assessments, plan-of-care, interventions and evaluation of rendered care. Medication administration utilizing the newest advancements in bar-scanning and documentation technologies designed to ensure the safest delivery of medications to our patients. Multi-disciplinary discharging of patients to ensure safe transitioning and continuum of care.
• Evaluation: Evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes. Utilizes critical thinking skills based on nursing knowledge to achieve desired patient outcomes. Initiates interventions related to patient's change in condition and unexpected response to care.

Qualifications

• Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required: A minimum of an associate in Nursing or diploma of Nursing degree. BSN in progress and/or willing to acquire within three (3) years of hire.
• Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred: National Certification in area of specialty preferred when eligible.
• Licenses And Certifications Required: Must have a current and valid Registered Nurse license to work at the assigned HMH location by date of hire. BLS/CPR certification by American Heart Association is required within 60 days of hire.