Registered Nurse Med Surg Full Time Nights

Baptist Health; Kentucky; On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health is hiring a Registered Nurse for the Medical-Surgical unit in LaGrange, KY. This full-time night shift role requires applying the nursing process to pediatric through geriatric patients as per unit scope, with a focus on assessment, care planning, and patient communication.

The RN will develop, implement, and evaluate care plans, ensuring accurate documentation and collaboration with the care team. Kentucky RN licensure, BCLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications are required.

Qualifications

• Associate’s Degree in Nursing required.
• Active Kentucky RN License.
• BCLS, ACLS and NIHSS certifications required.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient clinical status.
• Develop a plan of care.
• Implement the nursing plan of care.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the care plan.
• Communicate and validate patient care information.

Skills

Nursing assessment

Care planning

Patient communication

Education

Associate’s Degree in Nursing

BCLS certification

ACLS certification

NIHSS certification

Job description

## Registered Nurse Med Surg Full Time NightsApplylocations: LaGrange, KYtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R26105102**Summary****Job Description:****Registered Nurse Med-Surg- Full Time, Nights****Status: Full Time****Shift: Third****Job Summary:**A registered nurse implements the nursing process for each patient/resident (pediatric to geriatrics depending on scope of care in the nursing department in which he/she works) assigned to his/her care.**Responsibilities:*** Assesses patient clinical status.* Develops a plan of care.* Implementation of the nursing plan of care.* Evaluation of the effectiveness of the care plan.* Communication and validation of patient care information.**Requirements:**Associate’s Degree in Nursing required.Active Kentucky RN License.Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification required.Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification required.National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification required.### *If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!*### Baptist Health is an *Equal Employment Opportunity* employer.0:00 / 2:44### About UsFounded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics.Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama.Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states.Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet or Pathway to Excellence designation for nursing excellence.Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.**EEO Statement:** Baptist Health is an *Equal Employment Opportunity* employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.