RN
Location: Cheyenne Wyoming
Description: Cheyenne Regional is in need of RN right now, this career will be placed in Wyoming. Further informations about this career opportunity kindly see the descriptions. Associates Degree in Nursing (ADN) minimum
ROLE SUMMARY
The Registered Nurse assesses, plans, implements, evaluates and supervises individual patient care according to unit policies and procedures. Accepts responsibility for direction of co-! workers in the implementation of care plans. May be required to work on other units according to distribution of staff and patients.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Completes nursing assessment of patient and documents appropriately into patient chart. Develops and reviews and revises a plan of care, including a discharge plan, based upon the assessment of patient's needs.
2. Implements medical and nursing orders per plan of care and documents appropriately. Evaluates patient's response to care.
3. Engages in patient and family teaching as appropriate.
4. Oversees staff assigned for providing patient care.
5. Collaborates with leadership to assure the integration of the ANA ’s Scope & Standards of Practice, assuring that these standards are identified as the measurement criteria for nursing practice on the unit.
6. Completes all mandatory education and contact education requirements including 15 CEUs per year.
DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC RESPONS! IBILITIES
ARU/TCU: Attends family conferences, pati! ent care Conferences, and daily stand up meetings.
CARE CLINIC, SAME DAY SURGERY, AND PACU: Collaborates with the Clinical Nurse Manager to assure integration of ASPAN’s Standards of Perioperative Nursing Practice.
HOSPICE: Serves as patient case manager and focuses specifically on the physical, spiritual, and emotional needs of the patient and family in a nurturing and supportive role. Attends the first available hospice volunteer training after acceptance of employment.
HOSPITALIST: Assists physicians with the identification of appropriate Core Measure patients and the criteria involved to assure compliance. Investigates Core Measure fall-outs. Assists physicians in the identification of and compliance with facility required training. Responsible for team building activities for the Hospitalist department.
RESOURCE POOL : Float within designated pod and clinical specialty; may be required to float to other ! inpatient pods.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified and employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned.
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND ABILITIES
- Demonstrates effective leadership and professional skills according to Standards of Care.
- Ability to assess a patient’s condition, formulate plan of care, select appropriate interventions, evaluate patient’s response to plan of care and to explain to patient/family about this process.
- Ability to assess, evaluate, explain, teach, problem solve using critical thinking; and perform calculations.
- Demonstrates excellent professional and clinical skills and utilization of the Nursing process of direct and indirect patient care which includes assessment, plann! ing, implementation and evaluation of nursing care to meet patient need! s and improve patient outcomes.
- Associate’s degree from an accredited school of nursing
- RN licensure in the State of Wyoming
- Basic Life Support
- Resource Pool employees will be required to maintain certifications as required by their designated units and specialty areas.
- Specialty certifications per department: ACLS/PALS/NRP should be obtained within 6 months of hire or transfer as required by unit. TNCC/ENPC should be obtained within 1 year of hire or transfer as required by unit.
Cardiac Services â€" ACLS Endoscopy â€" ACLS ICU & PCU â€" ACLS Telemetry â€" ACLS ED â€" ACLS, TNCC, ENPC or PALS Labor and Delivery â€" ACLS & NRP MBU â€" ACLS if floated to L&D and NRP Peds â€" NRP, ENPC or PALS Administrative Reps. â€" ACLS! Rapid Response â€" ACLS, TNCC, ENPC or PALS Nurse Managers â€" ACLS Hospitalist RN’s â€" ACLS OR â€" TNCC, Effective 3/1/2013 CNOR within 2 years of hire PACU â€" ACLS, PALS
Experience as required per department:
o Minimum of five years ICU, ER or related experience for Hospitalist
o Minimum of one year medical or surgical nursing experience required for Care Clinic and Same Day Surgery
o Minimum of six months critical care experience required for PACU
o Minimum of six months experience required for Resource Pool
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school of nursing
- Specialty certifications as preferred per department:
o CPAN preferred for PACU
o TNCC preferred for Hospitalist
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If you were eligible to this career, please email us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Cheyenne Regional.!
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This career starts available on: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 04:11:17 GMT