RN, Registered Nurse - Specialty Orthopedic Surgery

CHRISTUS Health; Alamogordo (NM); On-site; USD 39,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

CHRISTUS Health in Alamogordo, NM seeks a Part-Time Nurse to provide routine and complex care in a general clinical setting. You will work 7AM–7PM, applying nursing process, coordinating with others, and supporting long-range care goals.

Responsibilities include administering medications, documenting care, assessing education needs, and delegating tasks as appropriate to the care team.

Qualifications

• BSN preferred.
• RN license in NM or compact required for employment.
• Experience in general clinical nursing is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care using the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation).
• Administer medications and treatments; monitor for side-effects and effectiveness.
• Document patient history, symptoms, medication, and care provided.
• Educate patients, families and caregivers; assess learning needs and resources.

Skills

Nursing assessment

Patient education

Clinical delegation

Nursing process

Education

BSN (preferred)

RN License in NM or compact

Job description

Summary

The competent Nurse, in the same or similar clinical setting, practices independently and demonstrates an awareness of all relevant aspects of a situation. Provides routine and complex care, with the ability to on long-range goals or plans. Continues to develop the ability to cope with and manage contingencies of clinical nursing. Makes appropriate assignments and delegates to other care providers as a means to help manage the clinical situation.

Responsibilities

• Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
• Consistent with the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice, provides nursing care utilizing the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention and evaluation for assigned patients.
• Addresses increasingly complex psychological, emotional, cultural, and social needs of patient and families in accordance with their level of practice.
• Using the appropriate protocol, administers medications and treatments; monitors for side-effects and effectiveness of the treatment prescribed.
• Documents patient history, symptoms, medication, and care given.
• Assess learning needs and provides education to patients, family members and/or care givers; identify issues and resources.

Job Requirements

Education/Skills

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred

Experience

• 1 year of experience in the related nursing specialty preferred

Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications

• BLS required
• RN License in state of employment or compact

Work Schedule

7AM - 7PM

Work Type

Part Time