Rapid Response Flex Team II RN
About The Position
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is a 1,045-bed facility located in the Texas Medical Center. As a joint venture with Baylor College of Medicine, it is an internationally recognized leader in research and clinical excellence, with breakthroughs in cardiovascular care, neuroscience, oncology, and transplantation. The hospital houses the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, which is nationally accredited and NCI-designated. The new McNair Campus is designed around the patient experience, utilizing evidence-based practices for the safety of all. This 27.5-acre campus represents the future of healthcare through a transformative alliance focused on leading-edge patient care, research, and education. This role is responsible for delivering excellent patient care by assessing patients, formulating nursing diagnoses, establishing goals, and planning and implementing interventions, while evaluating patient care outcomes. The staff nurse will participate in maintaining quality, cost-effectiveness, and guest relations. Patient care will be provided in compliance with hospital policies, procedures, and the standards of professional nursing practice as defined by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- At least one (1) year of RN experience, upon hire
- Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire
- Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - day
- Demonstrated competence in Registered Nurse I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire
Responsibilities
- Utilizes the nursing process to ensure appropriate patient care is provided in a cost effective, quality driven, and patient focused manner.
- Collects pertinent social, psychological, developmental and spiritual data from the patient, significant others and other health care team members.
- Performs ongoing assessment, formulates nursing diagnosis and goals, plans appropriate interventions, and evaluates the outcome of the interventions.
- Consistently documents in the patient and unit records according to written health system standards of care to meet legal and quality patient care requirements.
- Provides appropriate teaching and information to patients and families including information on Pain Management, Nutrition, Skin Integrity, Fall prevention, Diabetes, Disease Process, Smoking Cessation, and Discharge instructions.
- Demonstrates commitment to the goals and values of the patient, Hospital, community and nursing profession through cost containment measures, maintaining confidentiality, appropriate ethical decision –making, and ensuring patient safety.
- Uses interventions substantiated by research as appropriate in the patient population.
- Participates in research activities, identifies opportunities for research, and collaborates with the Outcomes managers and department.
- Participates in quality of care activities, evaluates the quality and the effectiveness of nursing practice.
- Assists in collecting quality data, analyzes the data, and formulates action plans to improve quality care.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
