Registered Nurse PRN

About the role

The Registered Nurse at Oceans Behavioral Hospital Greater New Orleans is responsible for milieu management and directing patient care activities. They are accountable for promoting long-term wellness through psychiatric counseling and treatment options.

Responsibilities

• Maintains standards of professional nursing practice in accordance with facility policy and procedures, external governing bodies, performance improvement standards, and psychiatric nursing standards.
• Affords age/disability-specific information in response to the client population served.
• Administers medications safely; provides education on prescribed medications; recognizes signs and symptoms of adverse drug reactions.
• Reviews, revises, and updates medical records within facility guidelines and timeframes.
• Transcribes and implements physician's orders according to facility policy; documents care, progress, response to intervention in medical record in an accurate, thorough and concise manner.
• Follows up on client care responsibilities, communicates incomplete assignments, and current client needs to staff to assure continuity of care.
• Implements staff assignments and delegation of duties using appropriate judgment and knowledge.
• Utilizes nursing knowledge to successfully meet the needs of the facility, patient population, and staff members.
• Floats among various clinical services, where qualified and competent, and performs other duties and projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Current, valid, and active license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of employment.
• Minimum of an Associate Degree in Nursing.
• One year of inpatient hospital experience strongly preferred.
• High stress and assess potential for patient escalation.
• Effective communication skills, both oral and written, to consistently achieve positive results with internal and external customers.
• An understanding and sensitivity to serve culturally diverse and special needs populations such as Chronically Mentally Ill, Geriatric, CD.
• Critical thinking abilities and application of them for continuous improvement of patient care.
• Self-confidence and ability to think conceptually in leading and directing others.
• Successfully completes CPR certification and an Oceans approved behavioral health de-escalation program.