Progressive Care RN
About The Position
As a Registered Nurse, deliver compassionate, high-quality, individualized care that supports patients’ well-being and recovery. Assess patients, perform skilled procedures, and implement and document care plans while collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to promote optimal outcomes. The role requires sound assessment and critical-thinking skills, a patient-first approach, and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment. Responsibilities include admission and ongoing assessment; providing care for patients’ physical, psychological, and spiritual needs; notifying physicians of significant changes; and reassessing patients after interventions. Design, direct, evaluate, and document individualized care plans, patient and family education, and safe transitions and discharge plans in collaboration with other clinical disciplines. Prepare patients for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies. Follow patient-safety initiatives and protocols, including medication-safety practices, physician orders, and consult notifications. Give and receive bedside shift reports, delegate tasks according to coworkers’ experience and abilities and patient acuity, maintain a safe work environment, promptly report hazards, and accurately document charges and supplies used.
Requirements
- Associate of Science in Nursing, upon hire.
- At least one year of RN experience, upon hire.
- Registered Nurse license: Texas, upon hire.
- Basic Life Support (CPR) certification within 14 days.
Responsibilities
- Perform admission and ongoing assessments of patients’ conditions and reassess at appropriate intervals following interventions.
- Provide nursing care that addresses patients’ physical, psychological, and spiritual needs; adjust care as needs change.
- Notify physicians of assessment changes requiring attention and work with them to modify interventions as necessary.
- Design, direct, evaluate, and document individualized plans of care, daily goals, patient and family teaching, and safe transition and 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 patient condition 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 patient acuity.
- Maintain a safe patient-care and work environment; promptly remove used or soiled equipment and linen to the appropriate location.
- Incorporate national and organizational quality, patient-safety, and satisfaction goals; promptly report safety and hazard concerns.
- Accurately document charges and supplies used 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
