Staff RN: Inpatient CVU Full Time - Med Surg

Company: Hunt Regional Medical Center at Greenville
Location: Greenville
Posted on: August 7, 2022

Job Description:

Staff RN: Inpatient CVU Full TimePosition Overview:

* Registered nurse is responsible for collaborating, planning, directing and implementing patients care for all ages.
* The RN develops and guides patient education and evaluates the process using standards of care.

Qualifications:

* Minimum Work Experience: None
* Required Licenses/Certifications: Current RN licensure with the State of Texas, Appropriate CPR

Responsibilities:

* Demonstrates an understanding of and adherence to the HMHD Compliance Plan.
* Conduct reflects HMHDs values and a commitment to HMHDs Code of Conduct.
* Attends the required corporate integrity and compliance training and education programs.
* Demonstrates proficiency in understanding the materials presented during the corporate integrity and compliance training and education program.
* Complies with all HIPAA standards.
* Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological and spiritual support to patients, friends and families.
* Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient friends and family to understand condition, medications and self-care skills; answering questions.
* Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing departments philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice acts and other governing agency regulations.
* Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules and regulations; calling for assistance from health care support personnel.
* Maintains department specific certifications per policy.
* Maintains state Licensure.
* Demonstrates knowledge of current nursing techniques, skills, principles and the nursing process and utilizes this knowledge when caring for patients of all ages.
* Refers to policy and procedures when appropriate.
* Administers medications with awareness of indications, contraindications, major actions, dosages, methods of administration and major side effects.
* Perform shift assessment/reassessment per policy.
* Responds appropriately to serious or life threatening emergencies, and communicates effectively with the health care team.
* Provide input into plan of care.
* Evaluates patients' response to care and revises plan of care appropriately.
* Schedules and completes tasks with minimal supervision and in a timely manner.
* Knows and follows chain of command and maintains confidentiality of information.
* Required documentation specific to Registered Nurse includes the RN ADMISSION ASSESSMENT, completed within 24hrs of a all patient admissions to an inpatient unit (ICU, TELEMETRY WEST, TELEMETRY EAST/OBSERVATION, SURGICAL 4W, ACUTE REHAB UNIT).
* Registered Nurses are required to administer specific IV medications per policy.
* Registered Nurses are required to "check off" blood and blood products and initiate transfusions per policy, then able to delegate to an LVN.
* Performs and documents reassessments per policy.
* Responds appropriately to serious and/or life threatening emergencies and communicates effectively to healthcare team.
* Develop nursing plan of care, prioritizing identified problems and needs.
* Evaluates patients' response to care and revises plan of care accordingly.

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