Registered Nurse OR FT

Job Description

To act as patient advocate, providing continuity of care designed to meet individual patient needs through collaboration with other members of the healthcare team and supporting the philosophy, objectives and goals of the facility.

About the Role

This position has guaranteed full-time hours.

Essential Functions

• Performs assessment/data collection in an ongoing and systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychological and cognitive status
• Formulates a goal directed plan of care, which is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes
• Implements care in a knowledgeable, skilled consistent manner in reaching the desired patient outcomes through nursing processes
• Establishes priorities of patient care based on essential patient needs and available center resources of time, personnel, equipment and supplies
• Performs efficiently in emergency patient situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons and documenting events
• Demonstrates applied knowledge base in areas of operating room patient care, pain assessment and actions of pharmaceuticals and anesthetic agents, laboratory values, safety and legal issues and all emergency equipment
• P Practices effective problem identification and resolution skills as a method of sound decision making
• Performs documentation duties in the patient record, which is timely, accurate and concise
• Works as part of a team in delivering patient care
• Maintains CPR/ACLS certification
• Attends all mandatory in-services and participates in staff meetings
• Remains flexible, adaptive and able to accept and implement new ideas and approaches
• Treats all patients equally adopting the centers Patient Rights policy
• Reviews and carries out physician orders in an appropriate professional manner
• Willingness to assist with other duties when asked

Physical Demands

• Frequently sits, converses, and listens
• Uses hands to touch, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls
• Adjusts focus
• Lifts and/or carries over 20 pounds on a regular basis
• Pushes/pulls over 25 pounds on a regular basis
• Stands and/or walks at least 10 hours per day

Work Environment

• Sit, converse, and listen
• Use hands to touch, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls
• Adjust focus
• Lift and/or carry over 20 pounds on a regular basis
• Push/pull over 25 pounds on a regular basis
• Stand and/or walk at least 10 hours per day