Rn, registered nurse - general surgery
Company: Christus Health
Location: Flint
Posted on: April 18, 2024
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Job Description:
Description Summary: The competent Nurse, in the same or similar
clinical setting, practices independently and demonstrates an
awareness of all relevant aspects of a situation.Provides routine
and complex care, with the ability to on long-range goals or
plans.Continues to develop the ability to cope with and manage
contingencies of clinical nursing.Makes appropriate assignments and
delegates to other care providers as a means to help manage the
clinical situation.Meets expectations of the applicable One
CHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader
of Leaders.Consistent with the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice,
provides nursing care utilizing the nursing process, including
assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention and evaluation for
assigned patients Addresses increasingly complex psychological,
emotional, cultural, and social needs of patient and families in
accordance with their level of practice Using the appropriate
protocol, administers medications and treatments; monitors for
side-effects and effectiveness of the treatment prescribed
Documents patient history, symptoms, medication, and care given
Assess learning needs and provides education to patients, family
members and/or care givers; identify issues and resources CORE
COMPETENCIES Standard I: Utilizes the Nursing Process Uses critical
thinking skills to assess the basic physical, psychosocial, social,
cultural, Spiritual, and development needs of patient and families
Communicates findings to appropriate healthcare team members
Develops and uses a specific plan of care and modifies it to meet
individual patient needs using evidence-based practice.Implements
patient care and therapeutic procedures; monitors and documents
progression of treatment and teaching goals Evaluates the care and
treatment(s) provided to the patient and the patient response to
the care and treatment(s).Performs timely reassessment and
documentation Must be able to perform unit-specific competencies
based on the specific patient care need for the designated unit's
patient population Standard II.Patient Throughput & Patient Flow
Process Anticipates and plans for admission/discharge/transfer
needs to facilitate patient flow Utilizes appropriate systems of
communication and tools to facilitate the discharge process Coaches
on tools and techniques for checking, cross checking and validating
orders to ensure accuracy.Standard III.Unit Operations Plans,
directs, and evaluates the overall nursing care and functions in a
particular nursing unit during an assigned shift Demonstrates good
stewardship in proper use and maintenance of equipment and Supplies
Assesses departmental staffing needs; actively participates in
resourcing efforts.Educates and trains others on the operations,
ethics, and regulations within the industry.Standard IV.Safe
Practice/Quality Care/Regulations Incorporates patient safety
practices/guidelines to promote a safe environment resulting in
positive patient outcomes Demonstrates accountability for nursing
research and quality improvement activities Provides evidence-based
nursing care Communicates patient information effectively across
the continuum of care Educates and trains others on the operations,
ethics, and regulations within the industry.Knowledge of federal,
state and local healthcare-related laws and regulations; ability to
comply with these in healthcare practices and activities.TECHNICAL
COMPETENCIES Clinical Policies and Standards Follows a specific set
of standards and associated clinical procedures Analyzes policy and
standards documentation and ensures organizational compliance
Provides feedback for improvement of procedures Assists in the
development and implementation of specific procedures Works with
control and monitoring mechanisms, tools and techniques Health
Information Documentation Shares experiences with maintaining paper
and electronic patient documentation Walk through the steps and
procedures for receiving, validating and updating patient records
Describes the flow of information between various stations or units
Discusses the functions, features and document flow of electronic
documentation Transcribes verbal orders; explains techniques for
ensuring their accuracy Explains health information documentation
best practices and their rationale across health care
practices.Medical Equipment Describes experience with basic medical
equipment used in own unit or facility Uses standard diagnostic
tools and techniques to resolves common equipment problems Educates
patients about the appropriate use of home medical equipment
Ensures that all equipment and related supplies are in proper
working order prior to use to ensure patient safety Inspects,
troubleshoots and evaluates incoming equipment Medical Order
Processing Shares experiences with processing medical orders for
one or more groups of patients or conditions Describes functions
and features of the system used to enter, validate, update and
forward medical orders Discusses common errors, their sources and
procedures for correcting Explains considerations for entering and
following standing orders Differentiates between standing orders
and preprinted orders and considerations for each Patient Chart
Reading and Interpretation Describes experiences in reading and
interpreting patient charts for patients on unit and under own care
Reviews patients' charts for completion and accuracy; identifies
and alerts to mistakes or omissions Recognizes unexpected readings
and alerts nursing or medical staff Relates examples of
mis-readings or misinterpretations and lessons learned Reviews,
discusses and validates own interpretation with others Patient
Safety Shares experiences with ensuring safety for one or more
patient groups or settings Explains key features of safety
guidelines and procedures for those groups and settings Listens and
responds to safety inquiries from patients and family members
Recognizes and addresses physiological and psychological signs of
problems Describes considerations for patients who can cause to
harm to self, versus harm to others Utilizes appropriate systems to
document misses and near misses, participates in immediate
investigating, analysis and reporting in real-time.Requirements:
Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred.1 year of
experience in the related nursing specialty preferred.BLS required
RN License in state of employment or compact Work Type: Per Diem As
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