Staff Nurse - Surgical Unit Day Shift

Gshvin; Vincennes (IN); On-site; USD 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Gshvin seeks registered nurses to uphold the Shared Governance framework and the six standard of practice: assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation to support excellent patient care.

The role emphasizes ethics, communication, collaboration, and ongoing professional development to ensure safe, patient-centered care across units.

Qualifications

• Nurse to collect pertinent data relative to patient health or situation during assessment.
• Nurse analyzes assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses and problems.
• Nurse develops a plan of care with measurable outcomes.
• Nurse implements the plan of care and coordinates care delivery.
• Nurse evaluates progress toward patient goals and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient data and information to identify care needs.
• Determine nursing diagnoses and care problems from assessment data.
• Identify expected outcomes and plan individualized care.
• Develop and document a plan of care with interventions.
• Implement the plan of care for the patient and monitor progress.
• Evaluate patient progress toward outcomes and modify care as needed.

Skills

Assessment

Diagnosis

Planning

Implementation

Evaluation

Communication

Collaboration

Ethics

Leadership

Education

Job description

Job Summary:

Definition of Shared Governance: Shared governance is a professional structural model, founded on the cornerstone principles of partnership, equity, accountability, and ownership that form a culturally sensitive and empowering framework, enabling sustainable and accountability-based decisions to support an interdisciplinary design for excellent patient care.

Standards of Practice

• Assessment
  • Medical/Pediatric Nurse collects pertinent date and information relative to patient health or situation.
• Diagnosis
  • Medical/Pediatric Nurse analyzes assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses, problems or issues.
• Outcome Identification
  • Medical/Pediatric Nurse identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the patient.
• Planning
  • Medical/Pediatric Nurse develops a plan of care that includes interventions to attain expected measurable outcomes.
• Implementation
  • Medical/Pediatric Nurseimplements the individualized patientplan of care.
• Evaluation
  • Medical/Pediatric Nurse evaluates progress toward attainment of patient goals and outcomes.

Essential Job Duties:

Standards of Professional Performance

• Ethics
  • Medical-surgical nurses deliver care in a nonjudgmental, nondiscriminatory, sensitive, and culturally competent manner.
• Diversification
  • Medical-surgical nurses interact with, and contribute to, the professional development of peers and other health care providers as colleagues.
• Communication
  • Medical-surgical nurses communicate effectively with clients, families, and other health care professionals.
• Collaboration
  • Medical-surgical nurses collaborate with the client, family members, significant others, and health care providers in providing care.
• Leadership
  • Medical-surgical nurses use leadership skills to enhance client outcomes and foster a healthy work environment within the practice setting and profession.
• Education
  • Medical-surgical nurses acquire and maintain current knowledge in nursing practice. Medical-surgical nurses pursue knowledge to enhance nursing expertise and advance the profession.
• Evidence-Based Practice & Research
  • Medical-surgical nurses use research findings in practice.
• Quality of Practice
  • The Medical/Pediatric Nurse contributes to quality nursing practice. Ensures that nursing practice is safe, effective, efficient, equitable, timely and patient-centered.
• Professional Practice Evaluation
  • Medical/Pediatric Nurse evaluates his/her own and other's nursing practice in accordance with professional practice standards, regulatory requirements, and organizational policies and contributes to the professional development of peers or other health care providers as colleagues.
• Resource Utilization
  • Medical-surgical nurses use research findings in practice.