RN Acute Care Telemetry - PT Days

Deer Valley - 19829 N 27th Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85027

About the role

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.

SIGN-ON BONUS AVAILABLE UP TO $5K

Responsibilities

The RN's practice is guided by the ANA Standard for Professional Nurse and Code of Ethics. The RN has knowledge of professional nursing principles, practices, concepts, and procedures as applied to the care of the patient population served.

• Records patients' medical history and symptoms, helps perform diagnostic tests and analyze results, operates medical equipment, administers treatment and medications, and helps with patient follow-up and rehabilitation.
• Establishes a care plan or contributes to an existing plan, including:
  • Administering medication, including 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 the patient and recording those observations.
  • Consulting with physicians and other healthcare clinicians.
• Teaches patients and their families how to manage their illnesses or injuries, explains post-treatment and home care needs, including:
  • Diet, nutrition, and exercise programs.
  • Self-administration of medication and therapy.
• Provides direction to licensed practical nurses and nursing aides regarding patient care and delegates when appropriate.
• Supports efforts to advance clinical knowledge and skills.
• Precepts new hire staff and students, assisting them to seek and complete the tasks required to complete their competency skills.
• Continues to enhance knowledge in the nursing management and care of patient problems and conditions as required.
• Collects 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.
• Analyzes assessment data to determine diagnoses and utilizes the 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.
• Identifies expected outcomes individualized to the patient and their specific health problems.
• Develops plans of care that are individualized to the patient’s condition or needs, reflecting current nursing practice that is evidence-based, ensuring continuity of care, and are family-centered.
• Implements interventions in the plan of care, initiating treatments, medications, emergency, and resuscitative measures based on appropriate utilization of standing orders, policies, and procedures.
• Provides nursing care to meet the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social-cultural needs of the patient and family utilizing a family-centered approach to care delivery.
• Evaluates the patient’s progress toward attainment of outcomes.
• Documents observations, nursing interventions, therapeutic measures, multi-systems monitoring data, and other data relevant to the patient’s care in a retrievable form.
• Provides ongoing evaluation of the quality and effectiveness of the care plan to ensure maintenance and enhancement of patient outcomes that promote the delivery of cost-effective high-quality healthcare.
• Evaluates one’s own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and relevant statutes and regulations of the system and department policies, maintaining current knowledge in nursing practice.
• Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.
• Integrates ethical principles in all aspects of practice and enhances knowledge of culture and diversity needs for specific populations.
• Collaborates with others in the practice of nursing professional development at the institutional, local, regional, and state levels.
• Interacts with and contributes to the professional development of peers and other healthcare providers through positive role-modeling, fostering peer relationships, and participating in preceptor and/or mentor programs, creating an environment for quality practice.
• Collaborates with members of the multidisciplinary team in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care delivery.
• Collaborates with the patient, family, and other healthcare providers in providing patient care.
• Develops and evaluates standards of care for patients that are evidence-based.
• Identifies changes that should be made in nursing practice using an evidence-based approach and facilitates the initiation of, adoption of, and adaptation to change.
• Participates in and uses evidence-based research to identify strategies for improving nursing practice and patient outcomes.
• Designs, creates, and applies research by supporting the integration of research into practice, fostering the use of systematic evaluative research with regard to clinical, educational, and managerial data.
• Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, and cost in planning and delivering patient care by utilizing all resources effectively and efficiently.

Requirements

• 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.
• Associates or Diploma in Nursing (Required).
• Bachelors in Nursing (BSN) (Preferred).
• All staff who have direct responsibility for the care of stroke patients must refer to the addendum for stroke-specific education requirements prior to start.
• More than 10 months of med-surg or acute specialty setting experience (Required).
• 1 year of RN experience for all Float Positions (Required).

Qualifications

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification (Required).
• State and/or Compact State Licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of Arizona upon hire (Required).
• National certification for unit-specific patient population (Preferred).