RN Night Shift

About the role

Primary function is to provide, prescribe, delegate, and coordinate nursing care with other health care providers to meet holistic care needs of a designated group of patients. This position may be required to float to other appropriate patient care areas.

Responsibilities

• Formulate clinical decisions and implement multi-dimensional plans of care that demonstrate independent judgment and critical thinking to meet the physical and psychosocial needs of the patient through collaborative practice with the health care team, ensuring consistency with private standards and/or state and federal regulations.
• Follows all scope and standards of professional nursing practice guidelines.
• Administer oral and IM medications correctly and have knowledge of drug use.
• Administer IV medications and maintain proper insertion sites according to HCMC policies and procedures.
• Utilize the nursing process to initiate an admission process; and individualize and implement a nursing care plan, including patient/family education and discharge planning.
• Demonstrate expertise in systems assessments, recognition of significant changes in patient condition, establishment of priorities, and nursing interventions.
• Ensure complete documentation of all aspects of assigned patients.
• Promote the team concept through interpersonal relationships with patients, families, medical staff and/or other health care providers to coordinate medical and nursing management of patient care.
• Demonstrate respect for patients' rights, privacy and serve as a patient advocate.
• Communicate with families regarding the patient's condition.
• Assist the medical staff when necessary, with procedures.
• Ability to do treatments and maintain sterile procedures.
• Direct admissions, dismissals and transfers of patients.
• Have working knowledge of Obstetrics, Nursery, Emergency Room, Cardiac, Geriatrics, Pediatrics and Medical-Surgical areas.
• Provides resources for practice questions and problem solves.
• Provides direct supervision and oversight to LPNs and CNAs.
• Provides direction and supervision of LPN-Cs.
• Assesses and documents on the IV condition of assigned LPN or LPN-C patients at least once every 24 hours, or more frequently if the patient condition or IV therapy are changed.
• Develop personal education objectives and participate in professional growth opportunities to assure continued adherence to professional standards and provision of quality patient care.
• Maintain knowledge of unit operations through attendance at unit meetings
• Maintains appropriate certification as outlined in the Medical Center licensure policy.
• Participate in continuing education to maintain competency and to keep informed of changes affecting nursing and health care.
• Assist in orientation of new employees as requested.
• Participate in clinical instruction programs to support learning experiences for nursing students.
• Participate in and support