Medical Surgical RN
About The Position
As a Registered Nurse, you will deliver compassionate, high-quality, individualized care to support patients’ well-being and recovery. You will assess patients, perform skilled procedures, and implement patient care plans while collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to promote optimal outcomes. The role calls for strong assessment and critical-thinking skills, a patient-first mindset, urgency, and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment. Responsibilities include monitoring patients and recognizing acute changes, escalating concerns and critical results, administering and monitoring therapeutic interventions, and coordinating care in response to changing needs. You will also contribute to a healing environment, support patient comfort and dignity, advocate for patients, and assess and support their readiness to learn about their condition and illness.
Requirements
- Associate of Science in Nursing, required upon hire.
- Tennessee Registered Nurse license, required upon hire.
- Basic Life Support (CPR), required within 14 days.
- Strong assessment skills, critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset.
- Ability to work with urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 14 days.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support, within 14 days.
Responsibilities
- Monitor patients, recognize acute changes, and escalate concerns or critical results.
- Administer and monitor therapeutic interventions and regimens, including starting and maintaining intravenous therapies and administering medication according to patients’ rights.
- Prevent falls and skin breakdown and follow safety policies.
- Identify, assess, and anticipate patient needs in rapidly changing situations.
- Prioritize and coordinate care to meet multiple patient needs in a timely manner.
- Contribute to a healing environment by providing patient comfort and supporting human dignity.
- Serve as a patient advocate and build and maintain a therapeutic environment.
- Assess and evaluate patients’ readiness and ability to learn, and explain their conditions and understanding of their illness.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
