Obstetrics Staff Registered Nurse (RN) - Full time - Day/Night

St Croix Health•St. Croix Falls, WI

About The Position

St. Croix Health is looking for full-time (0.75 FTE) RN to join the ObstetricsTeam!This position will work a rotation of 12-hour day shifts (7 am - 7:30 pm) and night shifts (7 pm - 7:30 am), every third weekend and every 3rd holiday. The Staff Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for the professional nursing functions of supporting, planning, directing, communicating, and evaluating direct patient care for all age spans and for providing an environment of unsurpassed service. This position will demonstrate proficiency in administering the fundamentals of the nursing process, contribute to nursing assessment and the development of a nursing care plan, and participate in the evaluation of nursing care.

Requirements

Associate’s Degree in Nursing required
Current WI Registered Nurse required
BLS required at time of hire
NRP required within 6 months of hire
STABLE required within 6 months of hire
Excellent communication and listening skills
Demonstrated ability to work independently with little direction and manage multiple demands and priorities
Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
Prolonged periods of standing, bending, and reaching
Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds at times

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred
ALSO preferred but not required
At least one year of labor and delivery experience preferred

Responsibilities

Provide Skilled Patient Care
Administer medications to patients and monitor patients for reactions or side effects.
Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions.
Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.
Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
Prescribe or recommend drugs, medical devices, or other forms of treatment, such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures.
Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.
Manage patients' pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions, monitoring patients' responses, and changing care plans accordingly.
Perform emergency medical procedures, such as basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), and other condition-stabilizing interventions.
Diagnose acute or chronic conditions that could result in rapid physiological deterioration or life-threatening instability.
Assess urgent and emergent health conditions, using both physiologically and technologically derived data.
Assess the impact of illnesses or injuries on patients' health, function, growth, development, nutrition, sleep, rest, quality of life, or family, social and educational relationships.
Distinguish between normal and abnormal developmental and age-related physiological and behavioral changes in acute, critical, and chronic illness.
Order, perform, or interpret the results of diagnostic tests and screening procedures based on assessment results, differential diagnoses, and knowledge about age, gender and health status of clients.
Follows standards of nursing care as well as the nursing process of Assessment, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation while delivering high quality patient care.
Ability to assess multiple systems, develop plan of care providing intervention and education an assess outcomes of patient care
Prioritizes patient care based on individual departments and overall patient needs
Consistently identifies learning needs, tailors instructions to the patients level of understanding and documents response to education
Demonstrates personal and professional growth and competent nursing practice.
Knowledge of Infection control practices and the relationship to patient care outcomes
Promotes and consistently demonstrates hand hygiene
Demonstrates critical thinking skills
Applies knowledge based on clinical situations
Accurate Documentation in the EMR
Document data related to patients' care, including assessment results, interventions, medications, patient responses, or treatment changes.
Communicates Effectively For Internal and External Customers
Collaborate with members of multidisciplinary health care teams to plan, manage, or assess patient treatments.
Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.
Direct and oversee Certified Nursing Assistants
Instruct individuals, families, or other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention, or childbirth and develop health improvement programs.
Assess the needs of individuals, families, or communities, including assessment of individuals' home or work environments, to identify potential health or safety problems.
Inform physician of patient's condition during anesthesia.
Discuss illnesses and treatments with patients and family members.
Assess the needs of patients' family members or caregivers.