RN Acute Care

About the role

Great care starts with great people. At HonorHealth, you’ll find something special. From humble beginnings in 1927 to one of Arizona’s largest nonprofit healthcare systems, our culture is built on warmth and neighborly kindness. Behind every smile is a highly skilled professional with deep expertise and an unwavering dedication to what matters most — caring for the health and well-being of people and communities across the greater Phoenix area.

Responsibilities

• Practice guided by the ANA Standard for Professional Nurse and Code of Ethics
• Record patients' medical history and symptoms; help perform diagnostic tests and analyze results; operate medical equipment; administer treatment and medications; help with patient follow-up and rehabilitation
• Establish a care plan or contribute to an existing plan, including: administering medication with careful checking of dosages and avoiding interactions; starting, maintaining, and discontinuing intravenous (IV) lines for fluid, medication, blood, and blood products; administering therapies and treatments; observing and recording patient observations; consulting with physicians and other healthcare clinicians
• Teach patients and their families how to manage illnesses or injuries; explain post-treatment and home care needs; diet, nutrition, and exercise programs; self-administration of medication and therapy
• Provide direction to licensed practical nurses and nursing aides regarding patient care and delegate when appropriate
• Precept new hire staff and students; assist staff and students to seek and complete competency skills tasks
• Continue to enhance knowledge in nursing management and care of patient problems and conditions
• Collect health data in a systematic and ongoing manner, prioritizing data collection as determined by the patient's immediate condition or needs and involving the family
• Analyze assessment data to determine diagnoses; utilize nursing diagnosis to develop, implement, evaluate and revise an appropriate patient plan of care that is family centered, developmentally and age-appropriate, and culturally relevant
• Identify expected outcomes individualized to the patient and their specific health problems
• Develop plans of care individualized to the patient's condition or needs, reflecting current evidence-based nursing practice, providing for continuity of care, and family centered
• Implement interventions in the plan of care; initiate treatments, medications, emergency and resuscitative measures based on appropriate utilization of standing orders, policies and procedures
• Provide nursing care to meet the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social-cultural needs of the patient and family utilizing a family-centered approach
• Evaluate the patient's progress toward attainment of outcomes; document observations, nursing interventions, therapeutic measures, multi-systems monitoring data, and other relevant data
• Provide ongoing evaluation of the quality and effectiveness of the care plan to maintain and enhance patient outcomes that promote cost-effective high-quality healthcare
• Evaluate one's own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and relevant statutes and regulations; maintain current knowledge in nursing practice
• Systematically evaluate the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice
• Integrate ethical principles in all aspects of practice; enhance knowledge of culture and diversity needs for specific populations
• Collaborate with others in nursing professional development at institutional, local, regional and state levels; interact with and contribute to professional development of peers and other health care providers through positive role-modeling, fostering peer relationships, and participating in preceptor and/or mentor programs
• Collaborate with members of the multidisciplinary team in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care delivery; collaborate with patient, family and other health care providers
• Develop and evaluate evidence-based standards of care for patients; identify changes needed in nursing practice using an evidence-based approach and facilitate initiation, adoption, and adaptation to change
• Participate in and use evidence-based research to identify strategies for improving nursing practice and patient outcomes; support integration of research into practice
• Consider factors related to safety, effectiveness, and cost in planning and delivering patient care by utilizing all resources effectively and efficiently

Education

• Associates or Diploma in Nursing required
• All diploma and ADN hires must complete a BSN within 60 months of hire OR have 5 or more years of registered nurse experience (including direct patient care or indirect RN roles) at the time of hire
• BSN preferred
• All staff with direct responsibility for care of stroke patients must meet stroke-specific education requirements prior to start

Experience

• More than 10 months med-surg or acute specialty setting required
• 1 year RN experience for all Float Positions required

Licenses and Certifications

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required
• Unit-specific certification as required by specialty area DOP required
• Registered Nurse license – State and/or Compact State licensure in Arizona upon hire required
• National certification for unit-specific patient population preferred