Progressive Care RN
About The Position
The Registered Nurse delivers compassionate, high-quality, individualized care to patients in a progressive care setting. The RN assesses patients, performs skilled procedures, implements and documents care plans, and collaborates with an interdisciplinary team to support optimal patient outcomes and recovery. The role calls for sound assessment and critical-thinking skills, a patient-first mindset, urgency, and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment. The RN conducts admission and ongoing assessments; provides care for patients’ physical, psychological, and spiritual needs; reports changes to physicians and nursing leadership; and reassesses patients after interventions. The RN plans, directs, evaluates, and documents patient care, teaching, and safe transitions of care, including discharge planning. The RN prepares patients for treatments and procedures, follows safety and medication protocols, communicates through bedside shift reports, delegates tasks appropriately, maintains a safe environment, reports hazards, and documents charges and supplies used.
Requirements
- Associate of Science in Nursing.
- At least one year of RN experience upon hire.
- Texas Registered Nurse license upon hire.
- Basic Life Support - CPR within 14 days.
Responsibilities
- Conduct admission and ongoing assessments of patients’ conditions and provide nursing care for their physical, psychological, and spiritual needs.
- Notify physicians of assessment changes requiring attention, request intervention modifications as necessary, and reassess patients after interventions.
- Adjust nursing care to meet patients’ changing needs.
- Design, direct, evaluate, and document plans of care, patient and family teaching, and safe transition and discharge plans.
- Coordinate with other clinical disciplines to address specialized patient-care and discharge needs.
- Prepare patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies.
- Report significant changes in patient conditions to the Charge Nurse/Team Leader and/or physician.
- Implement patient-safety initiatives and protocols, including medication-safety practices, physician orders, and consult notifications.
- Give and receive bedside shift reports, including family participation, and provide accurate reports to support continuity of care.
- Delegate tasks according to coworkers’ experience and abilities and patients’ acuity.
- Maintain a safe patient-care and work environment, promptly remove used or soiled equipment and linen, and immediately report safety or hazard concerns.
- Incorporate national and organizational goals to improve quality, patient safety, and satisfaction.
- Accurately document charges and supplies used in patient care and apply cost-containment measures.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
