Job Summary:
Under general supervision and in collaboration with other members of the health care team, uses clinical judgment skills to diagnose and treat human responses to actual or potential health problems. The RN is responsible for assessing, planning, directing, providing and evaluating nursing care for patients and coordinating nursing care activities with other health care disciplines.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Assessment: Performs accurate multi-system assessments, including biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, education needs, and discharge planning needs. Identifies deviations from normal on routine lab diagnostic tests. Reassesses patients throughout hospitalization. Performs complete discharge assessment.
- Planning: Develops an individual nursing plan of care sensitive to the developmental needs of the patient. Coordinates patient care activities and discharge planning with other hospital and clinic departments and community agencies. Develops patient teaching plan and documents on care plan. Appropriately delegates patient care activities based on patient condition and scope of practice of other health care providers. Establishes priorities for patient care and classifies acuity level of assigned patients.
- Implementation: Initiates appropriate measures based on protocol for the management of medical and/or surgical patients. Bases nursing care on protocol in place for management of each patient. Correctly carries out the physician's plan of care and accurately documents in the EMR. Utilizes a multidisciplinary approach when appropriate, performs all necessary procedures correctly, and accurately calculates and administers medications. Initiates appropriate measures in emergency situations.
- Evaluation: Evaluates assessment methods, plan of care, and patient responses to treatment. Participates in unit quality assurance activities.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
- Minimum nine (9) months of RN experience.
- One (1) year of current ED experience or successful completion of the Kaiser Permanente New Grad Internship Program in the ED.
Education
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
License, Certification, Registration
- Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course within 6 months of hire OR Pediatric Advanced Life Support within 6 months of hire.
- Registered Nurse License (in the state where care is provided) required at hire.
- NIH Stroke Scale Certificate within 3 months of hire.
- Basic Life Support required at hire.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support preferred.
Additional Requirements:
- Computer keyboarding skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous health care experience.
- Bachelor's degree in nursing or related field.
- CEN preferred.
- TNCC preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to recognize and interpret cardiac dysrhythmias preferred.
- A desire and ability to function within the nursing process preferred.
- A desire and ability to function within professional and personnel standards as defined.
- Ability to use and apply effective communication and interpersonal relationship skills preferred.
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