Registered Nurse RN - Nurse Resident, Winter, Medical Surgical Unit

About This Role

This night-shift post on the cardiac ward pairs patient care with mentoring new nurses. The Nurse Resident is responsible for attending all quality and core curriculum classes, actively participating in professional development workshops and peer support groups, and successfully completing all clinical competencies and validation requirements of the Nurse Residency Program. The role works under the direct and indirect supervision of the Clinical Education Team while refining nursing knowledge and skills.

Responsibilities

• Actively participate in managing clinical situations for which he/she is assigned under the direct supervision of a licensed Registered Nurse who oversees all clinical experiences, documentation and procedures in the clinical environment
• Adhere to policy and procedure requirements of the organization including, but not limited to licensure renewal, assigned training, employee health screenings, time and attendance policy, dress code policy, patient confidentiality, infection control, 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, and which incorporates the 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 and evaluate patient care measures instituted
• Understand and demonstrate respect for patient rights and 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
• Implement nursing measures related to impending or associated problems under the direct supervision of the licensed RN
• Delegate nursing care to appropriate personnel using nursing process