RN Neuro Care Unit

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

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.

Responsibilities

• Administer medication, including careful checking of dosages and avoiding interactions.
• Start, maintain, and discontinue intravenous (IV) lines for fluid, medication, blood, and blood products.
• Administer therapies and treatments.
• Observe the patient and record those observations.
• Consult with physicians and other healthcare clinicians.
• Teach patients and their families how to manage illnesses or injuries, explain post-treatment and home care needs, including diet, nutrition, exercise programs, and self-administration of medication and therapy.
• Provide direction to licensed practical nurses and nursing aides regarding patient care and delegate when appropriate.
• Support efforts to advance clinical knowledge and skills.
• Precept new hire staff and students.
• Collect health data in a systematic and ongoing manner, prioritizing data collection as determined by the patient’s immediate condition or needs, 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 evidence-based, providing for continuity of care.
• Implement interventions in the plan of care, including 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.
• Evaluate one’s own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and relevant statutes and regulations.
• Integrate ethical principles in all aspects of practice.
• Collaborate with others in the practice of nursing professional development at various levels.
• Interact with and contribute to the professional development of peers and other healthcare providers.
• Collaborate with members of the multidisciplinary team in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care delivery.
• Develop and evaluate standards of care for patients that are evidence-based.
• Identify changes that should be made in nursing practice using an evidence-based approach.
• Participate in and use evidence-based research to identify strategies for improving nursing practice and patient outcomes.
• Design, create, and apply research by supporting the integration of research into practice.
• Consider factors related to safety, effectiveness, and cost in planning and delivering patient care.

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.
• 1+ years of RN experience in a med-surg or acute specialty setting required for Float Positions.

Qualifications

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• State and/or Compact State Licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Arizona upon hire required.
• National certification for unit-specific patient population preferred.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus for candidates with 1+ years of experience.