Registered Nurse PRN - St. Elizabeth ER

Responsibilities

• Performs psychosocial/physiologic assessments that integrates changing data.
• Formulates a plan of care based on trends of similar patients, including patient education and discharge planning.
• Tailors and prioritizes caring practice to individual needs, including cultural/ethical/spiritual needs.
• Participates in the planning of routine transitional health care needs (i.e. treatment options, patient placement options, end of life options).
• Responds to changes in patient's needs and provides holistic care using independent clinical judgment based on knowledge drawn from education and experience.
• Adapts planned educational programs and information to individual patients and family by modifying teaching strategies or content.
• Integrates education during the delivery of patient care.
• Collaborates with patients/families to identify realistic desired outcomes.
• Affectively delegates patient care activities to other health care team members and participates in making and revising staff assignments to achieve maximum productivity.
• Maintains knowledge regarding unit initiatives and incorporates the outcomes of the team/work groups and/or committees work into practice.
• Participates on unit teams, work groups and/or committees.
• Anticipates needs and voluntarily assists others.
• Identifies variances from expected outcomes.
• Evaluates patient outcomes and makes revisions in the plan of care.
• Documents all patient care activities as per documentation standards.
• Assists the healthcare team with the documentation process.

Qualifications

• One-year clinical care Nursing experience.
• Graduate of accredited school of nursing.
• Per license requirements.
• Proficient in the English language, verbal and written communication skills, computer skills.
• Current Louisiana State license as RN and BLS certification.