RN PRN Free Standing ER Lake Pleasant

HonorHealth•Peoria, AZ

8h•$47•Onsite

About The Position

HonorHealth is seeking an ER RN for a PRN position at a Free Standing ER in Lake Pleasant. This role is part of a team dedicated to creating a multi-dimensional care experience for patients within one of Arizona’s largest nonprofit healthcare systems. HonorHealth serves a population of five million people in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, encompassing six acute-care hospitals, an extensive medical group, cancer care network, outpatient surgery centers, clinical research, medical education, and community services. With nearly 17,000 team members, 3,700 affiliated providers, and close to 2,000 volunteers, HonorHealth strives to improve the health and well-being of communities across Arizona. The RN's practice is guided by the ANA Standard for Professional Nurse and Code of Ethics, requiring knowledge of professional nursing principles, practices, concepts, and procedures. The RN will record patients' medical history and symptoms, assist with diagnostic tests and analysis, operate medical equipment, administer treatment and medications, and support patient follow-up and rehabilitation. Key responsibilities include establishing or contributing to care plans, administering medications and IV lines, providing therapies, observing and documenting patient conditions, and consulting with other healthcare clinicians. The RN also educates patients and families on illness management, post-treatment care, diet, exercise, and medication self-administration, and provides direction to licensed practical nurses and nursing aides. The role supports clinical knowledge advancement, precepts new staff and students, and continuously enhances knowledge in nursing management and patient care.

Requirements

ER RN experience is required for this position.
All Diploma and ADN hires must Complete a BSN within 60 months of hire OR have 5 or more years of Registered Nurse experience (including direct patient care or indirect RN roles) at the time of hire.
Associates or Diploma in Nursing.
All staff who have direct responsibility for the care of stroke patients, please refer to the addendum for stroke specific education requirements - PRIOR TO START.
More than 10 months med-surg or acute specialty setting experience.
Basic Life Support (BLS) - Certification in BLS training course C, and unit specific certification as required by specialty area DOP.
Registered Nurse (RN) - License State And/or Compact State Licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Arizona Upon Hire.

Nice To Haves

Bachelors in nursing (BSN) Preferred.
National certification for unit specific patient population.

Responsibilities

Practice is guided by the ANA Standard for Professional Nurse and Code of Ethics.
Apply knowledge of professional nursing principles, practices, concepts, and procedures as applied to the care of the patient population served.
Record patients' medical history and symptoms.
Help perform diagnostic tests and analyze results.
Operate medical equipment.
Administer treatment and medications, including careful checking of dosages and avoiding interactions.
Help with patient follow-up and rehabilitation.
Establish a care plan or contribute to an existing plan.
Start, maintain, and discontinue intravenous (IV) lines for fluid, medication, blood, and blood products.
Administer therapies and treatments.
Observe the patient and record those observations.
Consult with physicians and other healthcare clinicians.
Teach patients and their families how to manage their illnesses or injuries.
Explain post-treatment and home care needs; diet, nutrition, and exercise programs; and self-administration of medication and therapy.
Provide direction to licensed practical nurses and nursing aides regarding patient care and delegate when appropriate.
Support efforts to advance clinical knowledge and skills.
Precept new hire staff and students.
Assist the staff and students to seek and complete the tasks required to complete their competency skills.
Continue to enhance knowledge in the nursing management and care of patient problems and conditions.
Collect health data in a systematic and ongoing manner, prioritizing data collection as determined by the patient’s immediate condition or needs and involving the family.
Analyze assessment data in determining diagnoses, and utilize the nursing diagnosis to develop, implement, evaluate and revise an appropriate patient plan of care that is family centered, developmentally and age-appropriate, and culturally relevant.
Identify expected outcomes individualized to the patient and their specific health problems.
Develop plans of care that are individualized to the patient’s condition or needs, reflecting current nursing practice that is evidence-based, providing for continuity of care, and are family centered.
Implement interventions in the plan of care.
Initiate treatments, medications, emergency and resuscitative measures based on appropriate utilization of standing orders, policies and procedures.
Provide nursing care to meet the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social-cultural needs of the patient and family utilizing a family-centered approach to care delivery.
Evaluate the patient’s progress toward attainment of outcomes.
Document observations, nursing interventions, therapeutic measures, multi-systems monitoring data, and other data relevant to the patient’s care in a retrievable form.
Provide ongoing evaluation of the quality and effectiveness of the care plan to ensure that they maintain and enhance patient outcomes that promote the delivery of cost-effective high-quality healthcare.
Evaluate one’s own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and relevant statutes and regulations of the system and department policies and maintains current knowledge in nursing practice.
Systematically evaluate the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.
Integrate ethical principles in all aspects of practice.
Enhance knowledge of culture and diversity needs for specific populations.
Collaborate with others in the practice of nursing professional development at the institutional, local, regional and state levels.
Interact with and contribute to the professional development of peers and other health care providers through positive role-modeling, fostering peer relationships, and participating in preceptor and/or mentor programs.
Collaborate with members of the multidisciplinary team in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care delivery.
Collaborate with the patient, family and other health care providers in providing patient care.
Develop and evaluate standards of care for patients that are evidence-based.
Identify changes that should be made in nursing practice using an evidence-based approach and facilitating the initiation of, adoption of, and adaptation to change.
Participate in and use evidence-based research to identify strategies for improving nursing practice, and patient outcomes.
Design, create, and apply research by supporting the integration of research into practice fostering the use of systematic evaluative research with regard to clinical, educational, and managerial data.
Consider factors related to safety, effectiveness, and cost in planning and delivering patient care by utilizing all resources effectively and efficiently.