Medical Surgical Nurse
About The Position
The Medical Surgical Registered Nurse (RN) delivers compassionate, high-quality, evidence-based nursing care to support patient well-being and recovery. The role includes conducting assessments, performing skilled procedures, implementing and documenting individualized care plans, and collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to achieve optimal patient outcomes. The nurse organizes and prioritizes care, involves patients and their families or caregivers in care planning and education for the transition home, and provides culturally sensitive, holistic care. The nurse also monitors for changes in patient condition, documents changes and responses to interventions, communicates clinical findings using SBAR, provides bedside nurse-to-nurse reports, and seeks collaboration and appropriate resources while following scope-of-practice limits and the chain of command. The position is at AZ General Hospital Laveen, a 16-bed nonprofit hospital in Laveen, Arizona, and is part of CommonSpirit Health. The hospital describes its environment as close-knit, collaborative, innovative, and focused on personalized care.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- One year of recent acute care RN experience.
- RN license in the state of Arizona.
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification, obtained within six months of hire.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive, safe, effective, evidence-based nursing care to achieve desired patient health outcomes.
- Document the nursing care plan and apply the nursing process according to standards of care for the patient care area.
- Organize and prioritize patient care activities while considering patient needs and comfort.
- Involve patients and their families or caregivers in care outcomes, care planning, and appropriate education to prepare for returning home.
- Maintain accountability for ethical behavior and address or escalate ethical practice issues.
- Advocate for patients and provide holistic, culturally sensitive care consistent with patients’ values, beliefs, and customs.
- Recognize and respond to changes in patient condition in a timely and clinically appropriate manner.
- Document changes in patient condition and responses to interventions within established timeframes.
- Use SBAR to notify physicians and other providers of clinical findings and provide nurse-to-nurse reports at the bedside.
- Recognize scope-of-practice limits, seek multidisciplinary collaboration, use appropriate resources, and follow the chain of command.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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