Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical Part-Time Days

About This Role

This night-shift post on the cardiac ward pairs patient care with mentoring new nurses. The Staff Nurse Inpatient-Kishwaukee reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards. The Registered Nurse performs established procedures in accordance with hospital and the department of patient care services philosophy, policies, and standards. Care is provided with consideration to developmental needs and abilities. The RN uses the nursing process to ensure the delivery of high-quality evidence-based nursing care to the patient and family.

Responsibilities

• Complete an assessment for each assigned patient reflecting age specific physical, psychological, emotional, spiritual, cultural, and environmental variables affecting the patient, according to hospital and unit specific guidelines and standards of practice
• Recognize signs of abuse/neglect
• Assess patient/family educational needs, abilities, learning preferences, and readiness to learn
• Anticipate potential problems including those related to the patient’s disease entity, adjustment to disease, physical complications, knowledge deficit, discharge needs, and family support
• Develop and update nursing plan of care based on patient assessment and nursing diagnosis with input from interdisciplinary team members and patient/family/significant others; patient/family education and discharge planning needs are assessed and included in the plan of care
• Initiate and coordinate effective communication with physicians and/or other healthcare providers by reporting and recording pertinent observations and reactions regarding patient/family/significant others
• Assess patient response to treatment regime, recognize and analyze the cause of patient’s symptoms and changing condition and initiate appropriate nursing interventions
• Prioritize the care needs for assigned patients by demonstrating ability to readjust priorities with changing patient status or unit activity
• Actively participate in discharge planning from time of admission as evidenced by documenting patient teaching, patient/family understanding of plan, and timely referrals, etc.
• Apply Standards of Care in the provision of safe patient care, with consideration given to normal characteristics of growth and development throughout the life span, consulting with team and clinical development coordinator, as needed
• Follow OSHA standards according to guidelines and policies/procedures
• Identify, implement, and document appropriate age-specific interventions in a safe and timely manner; documentation and practice reflects patient’s response to interventions
• Include the patient/family/significant other as active participants in the development of the plan of care, the care given, and in teaching