Registered Nurse (RN) - Med Surg

Tenet Healthcare; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus up to $10,000

Job summary

Tenet Healthcare seeks an experienced registered nurse to provide direct patient care in Tucson, AZ. You will implement and monitor care plans, coordinate with the multidisciplinary team, and support discharge planning. Licensure in Arizona (or compact) and BLS are required, with potential sign-on bonus based on eligibility.

Responsibilities include medication administration, documentation, and patient/family education to ensure safe, coordinated care from admission through discharge.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing.
• Experience: One year as an RN.
• Licensure/Certifications: Arizona Nursing License or compact state license; BLS.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct nursing care in accordance with policies, procedures and protocols.
• Implement and monitor patient care plans; document and communicate patient condition.
• Coordinate discharge planning with healthcare team; ensure safe transitions.
• Medication administration and provision of ordered treatments.
• Supervise and educate patient/family; support care coordination.

Job description

Sign on Bonus: Up to $10,000 SOB Based on Eligibility

Position Summary

Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.

Implements and monitors patient care plans. Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate.

Serves as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care.

Notes and carries out physician and nursing orders.

Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.

Assessment

An RN uses a systematic, dynamic way to collect and analyze data about a patient, the first step in delivering nursing care. Assessment includes not only physiological data, but also psychological, sociocultural, spiritual, economic, and life-style factors as well.

• Initial assessment
• Re-assessment
• Focused assessment based on patient condition, setting and population

Problem Identification

Problem identification is the nurse's clinical judgment about the patient's response to actual or potential health conditions or needs.

Planning and Outcomes

Based on the assessment and problem identification, the nurse sets measurable and achievable short- and long-range goals in collaboration with the patient and family. Assessment data, problem identification, and goals are written in the patient's care plan so that nurses as well as other health professionals caring for the patient have access to it. Establishing daily goals with the patient and family.

• Formulating a plan of care
• Transition or Discharge planning

Implementation

Nursing care is implemented according to the care plan, so continuity of care for the patient during hospitalization and in preparation for discharge is assured. Care is documented in the patient's record. Ensures patient safety.

• Medication administration
• Provision of ordered treatments
• Patient/Family education
• Provision of nursing care -Documentation in healthcare record

Evaluation

Both the patient's status and the effectiveness of the nursing care must be continuously evaluated, and the care plan modified as needed.

Care Coordination - Actions initiated by nurses with patients, families, and/or members of their healthcare team to manage and correct the sequence, timing, and/or effectiveness of patient care from admission to discharge.

• Delegation
• Supervision
• Prioritization

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing.
• Continuing education requirements as defined within the CARE program.
• Experience: One (1) year as an RN.
• Licensure/Certifications: Valid current Arizona Nursing License or compact state license and ability to become Arizona Licensed in 30 days.
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• American Heart Association and others as required by individual department as noted in Attachment A.

Preferred Requirements

• Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Licensure/Certifications: Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• American Heart Association
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) or others as required by individual department.

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