Staff Nurse - Acute Care & Patient Education

Northwestern Medicine; St. Charles (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwestern Medicine is seeking a Staff Nurse in the Physician Group to provide comprehensive nursing care for acutely ill patients. The role emphasizes patient assessment, planning, and education, with emphasis on safety and coordinated care across disciplines.

Responsibilities include triage, interpreting test results, and communicating with patients and families. The nurse will follow evidence-based practice, support discharge planning, and participate in quality improvement activities

Qualifications

• Current experience (within past five years) or new nursing graduate (within past two years)
• State Licensed Registered Nurse for State of employment
• CPR – Basic Life Support

Responsibilities

• Performs all aspects of patient care by utilizing evidenced based practice in a manner which optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
• Follows the six medication rights and reduces the potential for medication errors, administering medications based on the age and clinical condition of the patient.
• States rationale for clinical decisions based on critical thinking.
• Assesses, analyzes, validates and integrates data to assess patients' physical psychosocial, rehab, safety, learning, spiritual, cultural, age-specific, special risk and self-care needs.
• Identifies patient care needs, problems and variances and incorporates into care plan.
• Identifies the patient's learning needs, abilities, preferences and readiness; also, identifies support systems, coping mechanisms and barriers to learning.
• Explains procedures, therapies and treatments to patient and family, evaluates and documents patient and family response to teaching.
• Uses appropriate resources to provide education.
• Involves patient/family in the formation of the plan of care.
• Develops, implements and updates an individualized plan of care based on identified patient care needs. Includes nursing, teaching, continuum of care and discharge planning.
• Adequately assesses and reassesses pain. Utilizes appropriate pain management techniques. Educates the patient and family regarding pain management.
• Identifies and uses the results of quality improvement activities to initiate changes in nursing practice and in the healthcare delivery system.
• Participates in shared governance, committee work, and practice/department projects.

Skills

Nursing

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Job description

Northwestern Medicine is seeking a Staff Nurse in the Physician Group to provide comprehensive nursing care for acutely ill patients. The role emphasizes patient assessment, planning, and education, with emphasis on safety and coordinated care across disciplines.

Responsibilities include triage, interpreting test results, and communicating with patients and families. The nurse will follow evidence-based practice, support discharge planning, and participate in quality improvement activities