Nurse, Clinic Jobs

Assess patient's condition and nursing needs, sets goals, and prescribes appropriate nursing actions to meet those goals and the physical, psychological, social, and rehabilitative needs of the patient, including discharge planning.

Assess, intervene, and reassess the patient's self-report/symptoms of pain promptly. Utilize an appropriate tool for assessment and reassessment (0-10 numerical scale, FACES, or the FLACC).

Demonstrate an understanding of medicines with regards to action and side effects. Reports pertinent information to appropriate individual. Educates patients and significant others about their medicines.

Demonstrate the ability to evaluate effectiveness of nursing interventions in accomplishing goals and intended patient care outcomes.

Maintain the standard of nursing care and implements the policies and procedures of the hospital and department.

Participate in meetings, in-services, and quality and performance improvement groups.

Report pertinent observations and reactions regarding patients to the appropriate person (i.e. physicians, head nurse, charge nurse, and/or nursing supervisor) and records those observations accurately and concisely.

Provide quality care to patients and work with multi-disciplinary team to ensure the highest patient satisfaction.

May complete unit/department specific duties as outlined in department documents.

Required Qualifications:

Missouri Board of Nursing RN or Nurse Licensure Compact multi-state RN. When primary state of residency changes, compact state RN's must apply under new state of residency within thirty (30) days.

Preferred Qualifications:

Participation in a professional nursing organization.

Additional license/certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.