RN | Medical Specialties | Per Diem | Days 7 a - 7 p

Bases nursing actions

Bases nursing actions by applying principles of purposeful, organized thinking to make clinical judgment/decisions.

Gathers data

• Gathers data through history taking and physical assessment
• Interprets data in order to plan and implement interventions to meet patient care needs

Develops, evaluates and revises plan of care

• Develops, evaluates and revises patient's plan of care and nursing actions in response to patient's needs

Documents care provided

• Documents care provided and patient's progress toward attainment of desired outcomes

Directs and supervises others

• Directs and supervises others in the performance of delegated nursing activities

Teaches patients and significant others

• Teaches the patient and/or significant other(s) about the plan of care

Manages patient care

• Manages time and resources to deliver patient care

Administers medications

• Administers medications to patients

Provides direct patient care

• Provides direct patient care

Leads the health care team

• Led the health care team

Performs job specific requirements and other duties as assigned

Performs job specific requirements and other duties as assigned.

Education and Certification

• Graduated from an accredited School of Nursing, BSN preferred
• Licensure required: Current New Hampshire State Registered Nurse license
• Certification required: Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification, or equivalent course credentialed by American Heart Association

Experience

• Evidence of experience in working effectively and positively with patients, care providers, and the multi-disciplinary team
• Evidence of the ability to perform as a member of a team

Physical and Work Requirements

• The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling Classification is MEDIUM.
• The employee must regularly lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 - 25 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry or push/pull up to 20 - 50 pounds.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to do fine motor, hear, speak, and walk.
• The employee is frequently required to bend, reach, sit, squat, and stand.
• The employee is occasionally required to climb, do repetitive motion, kneel, and smell.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision.
• The employee is frequently exposed to airborne pathogens, blood borne pathogens, and bodily fluids.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne contaminants, chemotherapeutic agents, electrical hazards - shock, moving mechanical parts, non-weather related heat or cold, slippery surfaces, and toxic or caustic chemicals.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.