Registered Nurse RN - Nurse Resident Neuroscience Multispecialty

About This Role

This Nurse Resident position is designed for new graduate nurses or those with less than one year of experience, offering a solid foundation to launch a nursing career within the Neuroscience Multispecialty service line. The role involves attending core curriculum classes, participating in professional development, and completing clinical competencies under the supervision of experienced nurses and the Clinical Education Team.

Responsibilities

• Attend all quality and core curriculum classes
• Actively participate in professional development workshops and peer support groups
• Successfully complete all clinical competencies and validation requirements of the Nurse Residency Program
• Refine nursing knowledge and skills under the direct and indirect supervision of the Clinical Education Team
• Actively participate in managing clinical situations under the direct supervision of a licensed Registered Nurse
• Adhere to policy and procedure requirements of the organization, including licensure renewal, assigned training, employee health screenings, time and attendance, dress code, patient confidentiality, infection control, and medication administration
• Collect patient data and complete required forms with appropriate responses according to unit standards
• Identify patient’s problems/needs and set priorities
• Identify problems requiring further referral and/or follow-up
• Interpret and record latest diagnostic results
• Perform nursing assessment using critical thinking skills under the direct supervision of the licensed RN
• Develop a plan of care based on nursing process, incorporating plans of other disciplines and continuing care needs
• Include the patient/family in developing or revising the plan of care
• Make referrals to multidisciplinary support services under the direct supervision of the licensed RN
• Provide treatments/procedures and other care as prescribed and according to patient care standards
• Demonstrate understanding of age-related characteristics and needs of patients served
• Explain nursing procedures
• Provide discharge teaching
• Identify emergency situations and independently initiate advanced therapy
• Act as an advocate and coordinator of patient care with other health care personnel
• Evaluate patient care measures instituted
• Understand and demonstrate respect for patient rights
• Utilize established mechanisms for management of ethical issues in patient care under the direct supervision of the licensed RN
• Record patient care delivered as planned and any variation, with appropriate rationale
• Make and record observations related to impending or associated problems