SWAT RN Level II RGV- Night Shift
Apply at locations: Edinburg - RGV Hospital
Time type: Full time
Posted on: Posted 3 Days Ago
Job requisition ID: JR107551
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General Purpose of Job:
The SWAT staff nurse (RN) is a Licensed Registered Nurse who provides direct nursing care to assigned patient populations in various units throughout the hospital. The SWAT staff nurse utilizes the nursing process, plans, and delivers effective patient care within the framework of Driscoll Children's Hospital vision of excellence and integrated care delivery. The SWAT staff nurse complies with established standards and clinical guidelines reflective of evidence-based best practice.
Age-Related Competence:
- Demonstrates the knowledge and skill necessary to provide appropriate care to the age of patients served on the units.
- Exercises appropriate age-specific communication skills when interacting with customers, patients, and families.
- Utilizes age-specific teaching methods when working with patients and families.
- Implements safety measures that are appropriate to developmental age.
- Uses age-appropriate equipment and supplies.
Essential Functions and Behavioral Expectations:
- Maintains utmost level of confidentiality at all times.
- Adheres to hospital policies and procedures.
- Demonstrates ethical business practices and personal actions that adhere to corporate compliance and integrity guidelines.
Quality of Care:
- Participates in QA tool development.
- Collects QA data as indicated.
- Identifies trends in patient care outcomes for QA monitoring or staff education.
- Ensures safe care by using assertive interactions with the health care team.
Assessment and Monitoring:
- Performs initial and focused assessment.
- Recognizes and reports actual and potential health problems.
- Modifies plan of care based on patient assessment.
- Uses chain of command to obtain appropriate health care response as an advocate for the patient.
Professional Work Role/Leadership:
- Demonstrates flexibility in staffing and scheduling to meet hospital-wide unit needs.
- Prioritizes, plans, organizes, and directs care of assigned patients.
- Recognizes own limitations and seeks guidance.
Therapeutic Interventions:
- Administers medications per clinical guidelines and recognizes abnormal responses to medication therapy.
- Develops, implements, and individualizes plans of care to meet patient needs and diagnoses.
Crisis Management:
- Identifies critical changes in patient’s condition and follows through with appropriate actions.
- Ensures the correct functioning of emergency equipment.
- Participates in review of unit response to crisis situations.
Helping/Teaching:
- Identifies barriers to learning and develops discharge plans based on patient/family needs.
- Establishes and maintains a therapeutic relationship with patient and family.
- Functions as a patient/family advocate seeking direction as needed to provide safe, effective, efficient, and timely care.
License, Education and/or Experience:
- BSN preferred.
- Current RN license in the State of Texas.
Certificates, Registrations:
- BLS (must be American Heart Association) and Advanced Specialty Courses (ASC)/Credentials according to Attachment A.
- National Certification in specialty must be attempted within 3 years of completing orientation and if successful, continuously maintained ongoing.
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