Registered Nurse - Wound Care - Jfk - Per Diem Days

A day in the life of a Registered Nurse -at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:

• Performs age and disease specific assessment / data collection independently in a systematic manner focusing on physiologic, psychological and cognitive status.
• Develops and coordinates a plan of care which is patient / family focused, prioritized and encompasses the continuum of care.
• Medication administration utilizing the newest advancements in bar-scanning and documentation technologies designed to ensure the safest delivery of medications to our patients.
• Identifies ethical issues in the practice setting and brings them to the attention of other team members.
• Plan
• Provides nursing care and treatments that reflect the patients' needs, advocates appropriately and demonstrates evidence-based nursing practice and compliance with standards.
• Provides ongoing communication with patient / family, nursing colleagues and other members of the health care team regarding patient's status, rendered care and treatment plans.
• A Registered Nurse at Hackensack Meridian Health involves the delivery of nursing practices according to the most up-to-date evidence-based research, nursing policies, and standards of care, to provide and ensure safe and excellent delivery of individualized patient care. A day in the life of a Registered Nurse includes: Assessment, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation
• Formulates age and disease specific patient / family centered goals / outcomes based on assessment data.
• Adheres to American Nurses Association Code for Nurses with Interpretive Statements.
• Utilizes critical thinking skills based on nursing knowledge to achieve desired patient outcomes.
• Identifies variables in patient/family education needs based on age, disease, and culturally specific learning differences.
• Additional Responsibilities:
• Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health or the situation.
• Performs continuous Point-of-Care electronic documentation of each individual patient's assessments, plan-of-care, interventions and evaluation of rendered care.
• Assessment
• Recognizes clinical and diagnostic status changes in patient status.
• Communicates, coordinates, and implements the plan of care.
• Recognizes and responds to opportunities to enhance patient satisfaction.
• Develops a plan of care that prescribes strategies and interventions to attain expected outcomes.
• Adheres to HMH's Organizational and Managerial competencies and standards of behavior.
• Implements age and disease specific care in an organized and timely manner.
• Provides or coordinates the patient / family education as needed and ensures understanding.
• Performs according to established protocols in clinical situations, including communicating with appropriate persons and documenting events.
• Must acquire and maintain competencies, certifications and continuing education in order to meet any facility accreditation or individual licensing requirements.
• Evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes.
• Implementation
• Evaluation
• Initiates interventions related to patient's change in condition and unexpected response to care.
• Lifts a minimum of 35 lbs., pushes and pulls a minimum of 10 lbs. and stands a minimum of 6 hours a day.
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
• Multi-disciplinary discharging of patients to ensure safe transitioning and continuum of care.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• The ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing patient needs, a strong sense of accountability for improving the lives of our patients and their caregivers, an exceptional focus on teamwork, dedication to ongoing education and the ability and passion to deliver the highest quality of care based on a strong sense of patient focus are all required.
• Must have six (6) or more months of relevant nursing experience OR must be an active participant with Hackensack Meridian Health's Nurse Residency Program.
• BSN in progress and/or willing to acquire within three (3) years of hire. (Note this applies to team members hired on or after November 2019).

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:

• National Certification in area of specialty preferred when eligible.

Licenses and Certifications Required:

• NJ State Professional Registered Nurse License.
• AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP Certification.

If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!