ICU Registered Nurse, Full-time, Part-time or PRN - Day and Night Shift Availability

Community Hospital Corporation; Longview (TX); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Hospital Corporation in Texas seeks a dedicated nurse to provide compassionate patient care. You will perform comprehensive nursing assessments, develop and implement plans of care, and coordinate with families and the health care team to support each patient’s well-being.

You will conduct rounds, assist with daily living activities, document care, respond to concerns, hand off reports, and monitor outcomes to revise plans as patient needs evolve.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates and understands the importance of and respect for the rights, dignity and individuality of each patient in all interactions.
• Assesses patient’s condition, learning needs and family dynamics based on systematic data collection utilizing assessment skills and tools appropriate to the respective practice area.
• Develops a comprehensive plan of care and discharge plan based on the nursing assessment and integration of the medical plan utilizing the patient's family and other health care team members.
• Makes patient rounds to assess physical and emotional status and to initiate any nursing interventions.
• Assists with activities of daily living, vital signs, toileting and responds to call lights.
• Documents delivery of health care and nursing process in accordance with specific unit standards and hospital nursing policy.
• Implements patient care and prioritizes tasks/responsibilities within allotted time, and collaborates with health team members, as necessary.
• Responds to patient and family concerns; ensures that each concern is documented and a resolution is initiated.
• Obtains report from Nurse being relieved from duty and provides report to Nurse coming on duty; keeps the clinical team and others, as appropriate, informed about the status of patients and related matters; performs or supervises complete, timely and accurate documentation of patient care.
• Coordinates and delegates the delivery of care provided by selected members of the health care team.
• Evaluates outcomes of patient care planning and teaching and collaborates with other health care team members to revise the plan according to the changing needs of the patient.

Job description

• Demonstrates and understands the importance of and respect for the rights, dignity and individuality of each patient in all interactions.
• Assesses patient’s condition, learning needs and family dynamics based on systematic data collection utilizing assessment skills and tools appropriate to the respective practice area.
• Develops a comprehensive plan of care and discharge plan based on the nursing assessment and integration of the medical plan utilizing the patient's family and other health care team members.
• Makes patient rounds to assess physical and emotional status and to initiate any nursing interventions.
• Assists with activities of daily living, vital signs, toileting and responds to call lights.
• Documents delivery of health care and nursing process in accordance with specific unit standards and hospital nursing policy.
• Implements patient care and prioritizes tasks/responsibilities within allotted time, and collaborates with health team members, as necessary.
• Responds to patient and family concerns; ensures that each concern is documented and a resolution is initiated.
• Obtains report from Nurse being relieved from duty and provides report to Nurse coming on duty; keeps the clinical team and others, as appropriate, informed about the status of patients and related matters; performs or supervises complete, timely and accurate documentation of patient care.
• Coordinates and delegates the delivery of care provided by selected members of the health care team.
• Evaluates outcomes of patient care planning and teaching and collaborates with other health care team members to revise the plan according to the changing needs of the patient.