Maternal Child RN

WVU Medicine•Weirton, WV

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Provides professional nursing care for patients in an inpatient hospital setting. The role has authority, responsibility, and shift accountability for delivering nursing care through the nursing process. The nurse applies competent clinical knowledge and skills, uses independent nursing judgment, and remains accountable for care provided by themselves and by health care providers to whom care is delegated, with the goal of achieving quality patient care outcomes. The incumbent demonstrates novice-level knowledge and skills relevant to patients under their care and applies principles of growth and development across the lifespan. The role requires assessing and interpreting patient data to identify age-specific needs. Nurses with less than 12 months of registered-nurse experience enter at CAPE Level 1. The CAPE clinical advancement program supports professional development and quality clinical performance for inpatient direct-care nurses.

Requirements

Current Registered Nurse license issued by the state where services are provided, or a current multistate Registered Nurse license through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
Obtain Basic Life Support certification within 30 days of hire.
Less than 12 months of experience as a registered nurse for the stated minimum qualification.
Interpersonal skills to communicate, negotiate, and resolve conflict positively and effectively.
Competent clinical practice and critical-thinking skills to deliver patient care efficiently in collaboration with health care providers and while maximizing resource use.
Flexibility in response to changes in work volume, staffing, and scheduling.
Ability to work under highly stressful conditions and adapt to varying workloads and assignments.
Ability to perform work involving lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, standing, walking, and carrying materials and equipment weighing 40 pounds or more.
Visual acuity within the normal range.
Hearing within the normal range to assess breath sounds, bowel sounds, apical pulse, monitors, and similar clinical information.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree.

Responsibilities

Deliver nursing care using the nursing process and independent nursing judgment.
Promote safety and continuity of care through documentation and handoff processes.
Create and document plans of care using assessment, diagnoses, interventions, and evaluation of outcomes.
Recognize patient safety concerns and use appropriate resources.
Provide patient education tailored to individual learning needs and use teach-back to evaluate its effectiveness.
Incorporate patient individuality and mutuality data into care delivery.
Perform and document adequate patient assessments, including holistic and culturally sensitive data collection.
Use evidence-based practice and participate in the organizational patient-centered care model.
Document problems and issues in the plan of care.
Develop the ability to care for more complex patients, consulting experienced colleagues as appropriate.
Pursue lifelong learning through self-reflection and inquiry.
Remain accountable for delegated nursing care and recognize the scope of practice of interprofessional team members.
Assess the impact of family dynamics on health and wellness.
Apply the American Nurses Association code of ethics and identify discriminatory health care practices in culturally diverse populations.
Individualize care based on patients’ beliefs, barriers, and readiness to learn.
Complete annual specialty-accreditation education when required by the facility.
Use lift equipment and other patient-handling aids as indicated by patient profiles and appropriate algorithms.
Communicate, negotiate, and resolve conflict effectively with patients and health care providers.
Adapt to changes in work volume, staffing, scheduling, workloads, and assignments.
Work safely in an inpatient environment that may involve biohazards, infectious diseases, deceased individuals, water, and electrical hazards associated with patient-care equipment.