Registered Nurse - Progressive Care (Full-Time, Nights)

Responsibilities

• Clinical Practice and Care Management
  • 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
  • Ensures efficiency in the delivery of care: determines immediate priorities and offers solution for problems
  • Actively advocates for patient rights and identifies potential conflict; seeks counsel for resolution of conflict
  • 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
• Communication and Collaboration
  • Consistently communicates/collaborates with the health care team members, patients and families to maximize patient outcomes
  • Appropriately 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/committees work into practice
  • Participates on unit teams, work groups and/or committees
  • Anticipates needs and voluntarily assists others
• Quality
  • Demonstrates knowledge of unit based quality improvement initiatives
  • Participates in quality improvement initiatives by utilizing standards, guidelines, and pathways for care delivery
  • Incorporates evidence based practice and research findings into nursing practice to enhance outcomes
• Professional Development
  • Acts as a clinical resource and serves as a mentor to health care team members; displays leadership behaviors
  • Identifies own learning needs based on self-evaluation and the progress made from the previous year's goals
  • Accountable for all documentation and completion of all required continuing education and competencies relevant to area of practice as defined by clinical management
  • Ensures improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development in life-long learning
  • Provides direction and guidance to others regarding practice, serves as a resource, preceptor, and mentor
  • Leadership skills in critical thinking, decision-making, and problem solving
• Other duties
  • Consistently performs 12 organizational Service Standards focused on Values, Service and Quality

Qualifications

• Education: Graduate of accredited school of nursing
• Special Skills: Proficient in the English language, verbal and written communication skills, computer skills
• Licensure/Certification:
  • Current Louisiana State license as RN
  • BLS certification
  • ACLS and PALS Certification within first 6 months of hire
  • CPI and NIH Stroke Scale Certifications within first year of hire