Reg Nurse CC Inpatient PRN

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), located in Nashville, Tennessee, is a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care. VUMC is a community where expertise is valued, knowledge expanded, and abilities challenged, committed to an environment where everyone can thrive. The mission of Vanderbilt is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research. As a VUMC employee, you contribute to changing the world by bringing compassion and care to those in need of hope and healing. This Reg Nurse CC Inpatient position, within the Main OR - PACU organization, involves applying the nursing process to plan and implement patient care, including patient and family education and continuum of care planning. The role requires effective communication of pertinent patient/family information to the healthcare team, collaboration in establishing patient goals, and evaluation of progress to ensure effective outcomes. Professional growth is fostered through engagement in learning activities according to Board of Nursing standards. VUMC's vision is to be the world leader in advancing personalized health, with a mission of personalizing the patient experience through a caring spirit and distinctive capabilities. VUMC is the largest private employer in Middle Tennessee, with over 28,000 employees across inpatient and outpatient clinical care, research, graduate medical education, and supporting roles. The health system includes more than 1,700 licensed hospital beds across multiple hospitals and hundreds of outpatient clinics. VUMC offers unique and specialized services such as a Level 1 Trauma Center, a highly experienced Transplant Center, a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, and is consistently ranked among the nation's best hospitals by US News and World Report.

Requirements

Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate the ability to assess and evaluate patients in practical applications of moderate difficulty.
Conducts primary care patient interviews and physical examinations.
Demonstrates sufficient acumen to recognize problems, ask questions and to contact the patient's primary care provider and other members of the healthcare team.
Has experience in gathering pertinent clinical data that aid in referral, treatment, or other primary care pathways.
Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency in providing patient education in practical applications of moderate difficulty.
Demonstrates ability to anticipate resource needs, identify distinct tasks, set priorities, schedule activities, meet deadlines, and organize work within areas of direct responsibility.
Competently handles multiple assignments often simultaneously by prioritizing work into manageable and measurable units.
Ability to adapt to changes to patient care and area needs with minimal disruption and loss of productivity.
Follows up to assure problems and issues are resolved.
Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully search for evidence to answer clinical questions.
Generally works under the direction of others while accomplishing assignments.
LIC-Registered Nurse - Licensure-Others
Relevant Work Experience
1 year of experience
Graduate of an approved discipline specific program

Responsibilities

Applies the nursing process to plan and implement the care of patients, including patient and family education and continuum of care planning.
Effectively communicates pertinent patient/family information to the health care team.
Collaborates in establishing patient goals and evaluates progress to ensure effective outcomes.
Furthers professional growth by engaging in learning activities according to the Board of Nursing standards.
Collaborates in establishing the plan of care, coordinates and implements care delivery while anticipating patient care needs across the continuum.
Analyzes comprehensive information pertinent to the patient's care and management to determine nursing diagnosis.
Continually utilizes the nursing process to evaluate patient's progress towards goals and applies appropriate interventions to ensure effective outcomes.
Employs strategies to promote health and a safe and healthy environment.