Job Summary
The Registered Nurse I is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care. This role involves utilizing the nursing process in accordance with hospital standards and unit policies/procedures to monitor and evaluate patient functional status.
Job Summary
The Registered Nurse I is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care. This role involves utilizing the nursing process in accordance with hospital standards and unit policies/procedures to monitor and evaluate patient functional status.
Job Responsibilities
- Utilize the nursing process to provide comprehensive care for patients.
- Assess, organize, and complete patient care with consideration for patient age, cultural, and psychosocial factors.
- Document all steps of the nursing process accurately.
- Employ proper medical terminology in all communications.
- Address problems and track progress toward established goals.
- Facilitate patient discharge through timely and appropriate referrals, utilizing patient education resources suitable for patient age and cultural/psychosocial factors.
- Collaborate effectively with other disciplines as appropriate.
- Support unit and hospital goals through participation in performance improvement and educational activities, evidenced by attending in-services, meeting unit education standards, and completing variance reports.
- Exercise independent judgment in planning the sequence of operations and making minor decisions in a complex technical or professional field.
- Engage directly with patients and/or customers.
- Communicate with internal customers via telephone or face-to-face interaction.
- Work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals and staff.
Required Skills & Experience
- Minimum of one year of experience in a high acuity/critical care environment (excluding ER experience).
- Working knowledge of general disease state management processes, the bio-psychosocial model, and clinical pathways.
- Effective interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
- Ability to organize and prioritize work efficiently.
- Strong attention to detail, particularly in the examination of clinical and numerical data.
Schedule Notes
- Shift: Nights 7p-7a
- Critical Care Experience needed - must be able to hit the ground running.
- 30 Bed Unit ICU with an average of 12-14 patients.
- Not suitable for new graduates.