Registered Nurse, Neuro Med-Surg - Days

About the Role

Join St. Francis–Emory Healthcare, a 376-bed community-connected hospital in Columbus, GA, that blends cutting-edge care with hometown purpose. As part of the ScionHealth network, St. Francis has been recognized with multiple high-performing honors by U.S. News & World Report, disease-specific certifications from the Joint Commission, and was rated a Top Large Hospital in Georgia. The hospital delivers advanced heart, orthopedic, and women’s care services. At St. Francis, you will experience a culture of excellence where your work directly shapes the health of our community.

Responsibilities

• Direct and coordinate all nursing care based on established clinical nursing practice standards.
• Collaborate with other professional disciplines to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and the achievement of desired patient outcomes.
• Practice nursing as defined by the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual or potential health alterations.
• Utilize the nursing process in the provision of nursing care, including administering treatments and medications, interpreting diagnostic tests, formulating a plan of care, collaborating with other health care providers, and providing education to patients and/or significant others.
• Pass competencies required for this position and perform duties involving discretion and independent action within prescribed limits.
• Collect patient health data:
  • Determine the priority of data collection based on the patient’s immediate condition or needs.
  • Use appropriate assessment techniques to collect pertinent data.
  • Involve the patient, significant others, and health care providers in data collection when appropriate.
  • Ensure the data collection process is systematic and ongoing.
  • Document relevant data in the medical record according to hospital standards.
• Analyze assessment data to determine diagnoses/patient problems:
  • Derive diagnoses/patient problems from the assessment data.
  • Validate diagnoses/patient problems with the patient, significant other, and health care providers, when possible.
  • Document diagnoses/patient problems to facilitate the determination of expected outcomes and plan.
• Identify expected outcomes individualized to the patient:
  • Derive outcomes from the diagnoses/patient problems.
  • Document outcomes as measurable goals.
  • Formulate outcomes mutually with the patient and health care providers, when possible.
  • Ensure outcomes are realistic, attainable, and include a time estimate for attainment.
  • Ensure outcomes provide direction for continuity of care.
• Anticipate potential problem situations and intervene to offset any adverse impact.
• Develop a plan of care that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes:
  • Individualize the plan to the patient’s condition or need.
  • Develop the plan with the patient, significant others, and health care providers, when appropriate.
  • Ensure the plan reflects current nursing practice and provides continuity of care.
  • Document the plan.
• Implement the interventions identified in the plan of care:
  • Establish interventions consistent with the plan of care.
  • Implement interventions in a safe and appropriate manner.
  • Document interventions.
• Evaluate the patient’s progress toward attainment of outcomes:
  • Ensure evaluation is systematic and ongoing.
  • Document patient’s responses to interventions.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in relation to outcomes.
  • Utilize ongoing assessment data to revise diagnoses/patient problems, outcomes, and the plan of care, as needed.
  • Document revisions in diagnoses/patient problems, outcomes, and the plan of care.
  • Involve the patient, significant others, and health care providers in the evaluation process, when appropriate.
• Participate in quality-of-care activities:
  • Identify aspects of care important for quality monitoring.
  • Identify indicators used to monitor quality and effectiveness of nursing care.
  • Collect data to monitor quality and effectiveness of nursing care.
  • Analyze quality data to identify opportunities for improving care.
  • Formulate recommendations to improve nursing care or patient outcomes.
  • Implement activities to enhance the quality of nursing practice.
  • Utilize the results of quality-of-care activities to initiate changes in practice.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred.
• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing.
• Current RN license in the state of practice or compact state required.
• Minimum of one year of hospital clinical experience preferred.