RN, Registered Nurse - IMC MedSurgical A - PRN
Company: CHRISTUS Health
Location: San Marcos
Posted on: November 3, 2024
|
|
|
Job Description:
Job DescriptionDescriptionSummary: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.CHRISTUS Santa Rosa
Hospital – San Marcos, which originated in 1923 as Hays County
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Memorial Hospital, opened at its
current Wonder World Drive location in 1983. Our staff of more than
700 Associates works with more than 300 active and consulting
physicians to provide quality services to patients and their
families. For more than 20 consecutive years, we have been named
The Best Hospital in Hays County in the annual "Best of Hays"
publication released by the San Marcos Daily Record. In addition to
interventional cardiac services, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – San
Marcos is a Certified Chest Pain Center and an accredited Primary
Stroke Center. We lead the region in da Vinci robotic-assisted
surgery and offers a variety of specialty care services including
medical imaging, rehabilitation, hospice, women's services and
more.Responsibilities:•Meets expectations of the applicable
OneCHRISTUS 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 COMPETENCIESStandard 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 COMPETENCIESClinical 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:
Keywords: CHRISTUS Health, Victoria , RN, Registered Nurse - IMC MedSurgical A - PRN, Healthcare , San Marcos, Texas
|
Click
here to apply!
|
