Registered Nurse (RN) - PRN

Noland Health Services, Inc.; Anniston (AL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

Noland Health Services, Inc. is seeking a Registered Nurse for PRN shifts to provide direct adult and geriatric care in the hospital setting, delivering safe, efficient nursing and executing a coordinated plan of care.

You will perform admission assessments, initiate and adjust care plans, educate patients and families, discharge patients with clear instructions, and document all nursing activities. The role requires experience in critical care preferred, certification in life support, and the

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Current RN license in Alabama.
• Minimum two years of critical care nursing experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Formulates a plan of care per patient needs.
• Performs admission assessments and documents findings.
• Initiates and adjusts care plan; participate in care conferences.
• Educates patients and families about nursing interventions.
• Provides discharge instructions per patient comprehension.
• Operates life support equipment and monitors patients.
• Manages central venous catheters/PICC lines.
• Documents medication administration and nursing notes.
• Responds to life-threatening situations per protocols.
• Completes patient care assignments.

Skills

Plan of care

Admission assessment

Nursing education

Discharge planning

Vital signs monitoring

Central line care

ECG monitoring

Life support equipment

Education

RN license (AL)

Accredited nursing program

Job description

We Are Currently Hiring

RN-PRN

Summary of Duties

Registered Nurse – RN will be responsible for providing direct care to the adult and geriatric patient. Specializes in the delivery of safe, efficient, and therapeutically effective nursing care, responsive to the disease or disorder of the individual patient. Functions as an integral part of the staff in the delivery of a coordinated plan of therapeutic care to the patients of the hospital.

Essential Job Functions

• Formulates a plan of care or follows established patient care protocols with attention given to physical, psychosocial, educational, and discharge needs of the patient/family.
• Performs admission assessment and documents findings on appropriate record.
• Initiates individual plan of care and discharge planning on admission, modifies the plan of care according to changes in patient condition, and participates in weekly patient care conferences to plan multi-disciplinary patient care.
• Explains nursing interventions and provides appropriate education to patient and/or responsible person according to their predetermined level of comprehension, and documents on appropriate records.
• Provides patient care discharge instruction to the patient and or responsible person consistent with their level of comprehension, and documents on appropriate records.
• Performs basic nursing skills.
• Performs specialized nursing skills , including but not limited to, mgt ET tube, ABGs/venipuncture, central line care, pressor drip monitoring, 12 lead EKG.
• Operates highly technical electronic life support, including but not limited to, monitoring equipment, defibrillator, and ventilators.
• Responds immediately to life threatening situations and follows appropriate algorithm to sustain life, according to established protocols.
• Manages central venous catheters/PICC lines.
• Provides rehabilitative care according to standards.
• Analyzes physical and or psychological changes, and implements appropriate interventions and or notifies appropriate person(s).
• Completes patient care assignments.
• Answers communication system and telephone promptly and assists or refers to appropriate person.
• Transcribes physician orders, and completes hospital forms accurately.
• Documents administration of medications.
• Explains nursing interventions to health team members through direct interactions.
• Demonstrates or supervises procedures and treatments performed by staff or orientees and documents appropriately.
• Assists with record keeping and program development.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing and Registered Nurse – RN license by the State of Alabama.

Experience

Minimum of two (2) years critical care nursing experience preferred.

Physical Requirements For Essential Job Functions

• Ability to lift 50 lbs. occasionally, 20 lbs. frequently, and 10 lbs. constantly.
• Ability to walk and stand 80% of an 8 to 12 hour shift.
• Ability to push/pull up to 200 lbs. In order to position patients, move beds, carts, etc., and aid adequately, so that requirements of this position can be fully met.

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