Progressive Care RN
About The Position
The Progressive Care RN delivers compassionate, high-quality, individualized nursing care to support patients’ well-being and recovery. The role includes assessing patients, performing skilled procedures, implementing and documenting care plans, and collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to achieve optimal outcomes. The nurse is expected to use sound clinical judgment, critical thinking, and a patient-first approach in a fast-paced environment. The RN completes admission and ongoing assessments; provides for patients’ physical, psychological, and spiritual needs; reports changes in condition; and reassesses patients after interventions. The nurse develops and documents individualized plans of care, daily goals, patient and family education, and safe discharge or transition plans in collaboration with other clinical disciplines. The role also involves preparing patients for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies; following physician orders and safety protocols; communicating through bedside shift reports; delegating tasks according to coworkers’ abilities and patient acuity; maintaining a safe care environment; reporting safety concerns; and documenting charges and supplies used.
Requirements
- Associate of Science in Nursing.
- At least one year of RN experience upon hire; the posting also lists 1–3 years.
- Registered Nurse license for Texas, required upon hire.
- Basic Life Support (CPR), required within 14 days.
Responsibilities
- Complete admission and ongoing assessments of patients’ conditions and provide nursing care for their physical, psychological, and spiritual needs.
- Notify physicians of changes in assessment that require attention and modify nursing interventions as necessary.
- Reassess patients at appropriate intervals after interventions and adjust care to meet changing needs.
- Design, direct, evaluate, and document individualized plans of care, daily goals, patient and family teaching, and safe transition or discharge plans.
- Collaborate 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 patients’ 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 as needed based on coworkers’ experience and abilities and patients’ acuity.
- Maintain a safe patient-care and work environment; remove used or soiled equipment and linen to appropriate locations.
- Incorporate national and organizational goals to improve quality, patient safety, and satisfaction.
- Immediately report patient-safety and hazard concerns.
- Document charges and supplies used in providing 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
