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Staff Nurse - Rn (Full Time)

Company

Lake Charles Memorial Health System
Address Lake Charles, LA, United States
Employment type FULL_TIME
Salary
Category Hospitals and Health Care
Expires 2023-08-04
Posted at 10 months ago
Job Description
Description Of Position


  • The Registered Nurse (RN) works with his/her team partner(s), using the nursing process to assess, plan, implement and evaluate direct patient care. The Registered Nurse (RN) works with his/her team partner(s) to provide quality patient care. As a member of the Patient Care Team, the RN provides hands-on care to patients. Is responsible for making sound clinical decisions and to provide a comprehensive delivery of care to each individual patient; provide a wide variety of patient care activities and services.


Responsibilities And Duties


  • Follows evidence-based policies and procedures to guide nursing practice.
  • Uses the nursing process to effectively assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the plan of care.
  • Understands and appropriately responds to the unique combination of cultural variables that professionals and patients/individuals bring to interactions.
  • Collaborates with interdisciplinary team in planning and organizing patient care from admit to discharge.
  • Interprets and implements physician orders.
  • The above statements are only meant to be a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. The incumbents may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those stated in this description
  • Organizes patient care and general unit activities to accomplish required functions with delegation of these activities to other staff as appropriate.
  • Possesses competency in use of technology and computers.
  • Competently performs/assists with procedures that are routinely performed.
  • Educates patients and families, and documents appropriately.
  • Evaluates ethical challenges and their potential impact on the patient’s quality of care and the nurse’s professional role.
  • Competently performs unit specific procedures.
  • Documents accurately according to department policy.
  • Performs initial assessments and reassessments and documents appropriately.
  • Demonstrates competency in administering medication.
  • Demonstrates competency in the use of Smart Pumps.
  • Demonstrates the following best practices in a consistent and positive manner: Huddles, hourly rounding, bedside reporting, Service Excellence principles, and use of white boards.
  • Makes suggestions/recommendations for improved operations.
  • Consistently participates in the multidisciplinary approach to patient care.
  • Is knowledgeable of and actively participates in implementation of Unit PI plan.
  • Has knowledge of and utilizes unit specific equipment appropriately.


Education And Work Experience


  • Graduate of School of Nursing.
  • Must be adaptable to change and receptive to delegated responsibilities; Possesses basic problem solving skills.
  • BLS-CPR Certified.
  • Current Louisiana Registered Nurse license or compact state license as Registered Nurse.
  • Ability to read, write and speak intelligible English; Ability to learn quickly, analyze problems and communicate effectively with superiors, peers, and others on one-to-one basis.
  • Requires emotional stability and resilience; Must be adaptable to change, be decisive, and demonstrate foresight.


Physical Demands/Work Environment


  • The work environment may be physically confining.
  • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Must be able to exchange accurate information with patient, family, peers and medical personnel.
  • Many nursing skills require acute hearing ability, i.e. listening with stethoscope to breath sounds and heart sounds.
  • Work requires a variety of physical activities including standing and walking for sustained periods, bending and stooping, and some lifting of 50-100 pounds at a time.