RN Med/Surg 1st Floor 2 West

Osborn Medical Center - 7400 E Osborn Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85251

Full-Time, Nights, 72 hours per pay period. New Hire Sign-on Bonus Available! At least 1 year of experience as a Registered Nurse required. Neuro background preferred.

About the role

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. The RN 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. The RN establishes a care plan or contributes to an existing plan, provides direction to licensed practical nurses and nursing aides, and supports efforts to advance clinical knowledge and skills.

Responsibilities

• 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 and 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 that are individualized, evidence-based, and provide for continuity of care.
• Implement interventions in the plan of care, including treatments, medications, emergency and resuscitative measures based on standing orders, policies, and procedures.
• Provide nursing care to meet the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social-cultural needs of the patient and family using a family-centered approach.
• Evaluate the patient’s progress toward attainment of outcomes and document observations, interventions, and monitoring data.
• Provide ongoing evaluation of the quality and effectiveness of the care plan to ensure optimal patient outcomes and cost-effective, high-quality healthcare.
• Evaluate one’s own nursing practice in relation to professional standards, statutes, and regulations.
• Integrate ethical principles in all aspects of practice and enhance knowledge of cultural and diversity needs for specific populations.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care delivery.
• Collaborate with the patient, family, and other healthcare providers in providing patient care.
• Develop and evaluate evidence-based standards of care for patients and identify changes to improve nursing practice.
• Participate in and use evidence-based research to identify strategies for improving nursing practice and patient outcomes.
• Consider factors related to safety, effectiveness, and cost in planning and delivering patient care.
• Precept new hire staff and students, assisting them in completing competency skills.
• Support the integration of research into practice and foster systematic evaluative research.

Requirements

• Associates or Diploma in Nursing (All Diploma and ADN hires must complete a BSN within 60 months of hire OR have 5 or more years of Registered Nurse experience at the time of hire).
• Bachelors in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• More than 10 months of med-surg or acute specialty setting experience required.
• 1 year of RN experience required for all Float Positions.

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.

Benefits

Support for career advancement and professional development opportunities.