PRN Registered Nurse - Acute Care, Patient-Focused

Allen Parish Community Healthcare; Kinder (LA); Presencial; USD 65.000 - 90.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da vaga

Allen Parish Community Healthcare in Louisiana seeks an experienced Registered Nurse to provide direct and indirect patient care on the Acute unit, perform initial assessments, and develop care plans in line with doctors’ orders. Accurate documentation and clear communication with staff, physicians, NP, and case management are essential.

The RN will supervise and participate in patient care, administer medications, monitor patients, and assist with rounds and procedures.

Qualificações

• Direct and indirect patient care per standards
• Initial and ongoing patient assessments and care plannning
• Accurate, legible documentation of pertinent data
• Professional communication among staff, management, and physicians/NP

Responsabilidades

• Oversee care of all patients on the Acute unit.
• Initial assessments on all admits, initiate appropriate care plans, referrals, discharge planning.
• Delegates responsibilities of care when applicable and make patient assignments accordingly.
• Properly and accurately administers all medicines as ordered.
• Completes through shift change report to oncoming RN, LPN, CNA.
• Assists MD, NP or LPN as needed for procedures and rounds with them.
• Accurately receives verbal/telephone orders and puts into system correctly.
• Works with case management on discharge planning as well as New Vision and proper signatures of paperwork.
• Provides and is responsible for quality patient care by thoroughly assessing, evaluating, planning, and implementing nursing care according to hospital polices and procedures ensuring that the patient’s physical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, and emotional needs are addressed.
• Monitors patient’s condition by making frequent rounds on assigned patients, gathering data necessary to administer care, administers appropriate care and properly and accurately documents such findings. Unusual conditions or changes are reported to the physician/NP promptly. Proficient in CPR and responds immediately to a code blue situation.
• Properly collects, labels, stores and/or delivers specimens such as urine, sputum, etc. utilizing proper universal and/or isolation precautions according to organization’s policy and procedure.
• Proficient in starting IV’s, monitors, maintains, and accurately calculates IV infusions. Moves and/or changes IV site according to policy and procedure.
• Proficient in Med Dispense usage.
• Provides a complete, thorough, and accurate shift-change report to the on-coming RN, LPN, and CNA.
• Attends and participates in required monthly staff meetings, in-services and select committees.
• Assist physician/NP, and/or other staff members when needed and makes rounds with the physicians/NP.
• Exemplifies, promotes, and practices the APCH core values and mission.

Conhecimentos

Patient care

CPR

Documentation

Communication

Descrição da vaga

Allen Parish Community Healthcare in Louisiana seeks an experienced Registered Nurse to provide direct and indirect patient care on the Acute unit, perform initial assessments, and develop care plans in line with doctors’ orders. Accurate documentation and clear communication with staff, physicians, NP, and case management are essential.

The RN will supervise and participate in patient care, administer medications, monitor patients, and assist with rounds and procedures.