Registered Nurse

Axiom Care; Apache Junction (AZ); Vor Ort; USD 75.000 - 95.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Axiom Care in Arizona is seeking a Residential Registered Nurse (RN) to provide patient care as individuals progress through withdrawal and recovery. You will work with physicians, counselors, and health staff in a multidisciplinary, patient-centered approach to plan and deliver treatment.

The role is full-time, day shift, non-exempt, focusing on safe medication administration, monitoring, documentation in EMR, and seamless handoffs to ensure continuity of care for patients on the addiction

Aufgaben

• Assess and monitor withdrawal signs and symptoms in patients.
• Administer prescribed medications to ensure patient safety.
• Obtain and document comprehensive nursing history from patients and families.
• Perform basic assessments; record vitals and report abnormalities to physicians.
• Follow physician orders for care, medications, treatments and discharge.
• Ensure quality care per nursing guidelines and infection control protocols.
• Monitor patient progress and vitals; chart in EMR.
• Participate in shift handoff meetings for continuity of care.
• Communicate nursing and supply needs to the Nursing Lead.
• Address physical effects of addiction and administer treatments.
• Provide teaching alongside direct patient care.

Jobbeschreibung

Job Type
Full-time

Description

The Residential Registered Nurse (RN) will provide care for patients as they progress through the medical process. The RN will collaborate with physicians, counselors, behavioral health technicians, other RN's, and other health care professionals to plan and deliver care using a multidisciplinary patient-centered approach.

Full Time: Non-Exempt- Day Shift

Duties/Responsibilities

• Assess and monitor patients' physical and psychological signs and symptoms of withdrawal from mood-altering chemicals.
• Administer medications as prescribed with the goal of ensuring that the patient is safe.
• Obtains and documents nursing history from patients and/or significant others that is comprehensive of present condition and prior problems.
• Performs basic assessment of patients, indicating adequate knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and pathology. Records vital signs, notes changes, and pursues more-specific investigations as needed. Identifies abnormal diagnostic data and shows a fundamental understanding of its implications by reporting information to the physician and others caring for the patient, and by incorporating information in the nursing care plan.
• Follows Physician orders for patient care for admissions, medication administration, treatment protocols and discharge.
• Provides quality care assurance, following state and nursing guidelines and standards and Infection Control Protocols.
• Monitors patient progress and vitals based on treatment protocols to ensure patient progress and safety and charting patient care in patient and department charts in EMR system.
• Participates in handoff report meetings at beginning and end of shift for continuity of care and effective communication.
• Responsible for accurate and timely communication of all Nursing and Medical supply needs to Nursing Lead.
• Addresses the physical effects of addiction and administers treatments to ease the symptoms so patients can concentrate on breaking their addictions.
• Plays a teaching role in addition to providing physical