RN FBU

About the role

As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery. Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.

To be successful in this role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

Responsibilities

• Administers, oversees and documents the administration of medications (e.g., topically, orally, intramuscularly, subcutaneously and intravenously) as ordered by the healthcare practitioner and in accordance with hospital policy.
• Assesses patient to include physical, psychosocial, cultural, behavioral/emotional, developmental and spiritual needs; gathers data relevant for patient care; implements appropriate patient interventions and evaluates outcomes.
• Plans care appropriately based on needs identified during initial and on-going assessments; provides holistic, comprehensive, and professional nursing care to patient within the scope of practice.
• Implements appropriate patient interventions and evaluates outcomes; prepares patient for discharge and assists with coordinating post discharge needs.
• Demonstrates proper use of available communication tools/materials for effective communication and understands how the culture(s) of patient populations can affect communication, collaboration and the provision of care, treatment and services.
• Demonstrates knowledge and proper skills associated with the department’s defined specific populations served.
• Demonstrates competent professional practice and engages in opportunities for professional growth; demonstrates self accountability to meet stated deadlines for all mandatory requirements.
• Documents care delivered and patient status utilizing the nursing process in accordance with FHS standards of care, for example, changes in patient condition, patient responses to intervention and reassessments of pertinent findings.
• Receives and assures appropriateness, accuracy, timeliness and execution of physician orders.
• Adheres to the department’s and hospital’s policies and procedures, including safety, risk management and regulatory standards; keeps abreast of trends, developments and regulatory requirements impacting matters within designated scope of responsibility.

Requirements

• Required Graduation from an accredited school of nursing
• One to two years Med/Surg experience with completion of Mother/Baby Education program or New graduate with completion of senior practicum in L&D, Mother/Baby unit or nursery.
• Registered Nurse: WA
• Basic Life Support (through the American Heart Association) – CPR
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program, within six (6) months

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• One year of related work experience in an acute care setting
• Previous Mother-Baby experience
• Electronic Fetal Monitoring