Registered Nurse (RN) - Psych Acute
Garden Grove Hospital · Garden Grove, CA · Yesterday
Healthcare$57.39/hrOther
Responsibilities
- Treat patients
- Provide education and emotional support
- Run therapeutic groups
- Crisis intervention
- Seclusion and restraint of patients
- Record patients’ medical histories and symptoms
- Perform diagnostic tests and analyze results
- Operate medical machinery
- Administer treatment and medications
- Help with patient follow-up and rehabilitation
- Teach patients and their families about managing illnesses or injuries
- Teach diet and exercise programs
- Teach self-administration of medication and physical therapy
Qualifications
- Current and valid State license as a Registered Nurse
- Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintain current
- Working knowledge of Mental Health Laws and practice standards
- Working knowledge of interdisciplinary treatment team process, behavioral health programming and daily nursing functions for inpatient and outpatient behavioral health units
- Working knowledge of the continuum of care for behavioral health care