Registered Nurse 2 - 23rd Floor Brain Innovation Center - Full Time - Days
About The Position
The Registered Nurse provides individualized, age-specific nursing assessment and care for assigned patients, using advanced assessment skills and medical data to formulate nursing diagnoses and develop individualized care plans. The role provides and coordinates comprehensive nursing care, including specialized treatments and prescribed medications, and instructs patients and significant others about care, illness, expected outcomes, and home care. The nurse collaborates with physicians and other health team members, assesses patient status and changing needs, implements and evaluates interventions, and modifies care plans as indicated. The role also supports Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s mission and values through collaboration, excellence, discovery, compassion, and commitment to patients, families, colleagues, and the organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s of Science in Nursing from an accredited program, or an accredited Associate Degree in Nursing with a commitment to complete a BSN/MSN within 2 years.
- Illinois license to practice as a registered nurse.
- CPR certification.
- Understanding of growth and development across infant, child, adolescent, young adult, middle-aged adult, and geriatric patient populations.
- Ability to interpret growth and development information to ensure patient needs are met.
- Effective, timely verbal, non-verbal, and written communication skills.
- Ability to take ownership for serving customers, the team, and the organization, achieving goals, and resolving problems.
- Willingness to adapt to changing work demands and environments.
- Demonstrated critical thinking and sound judgment to monitor and respond to patient needs or changes in condition.
- Ability to anticipate, assess, and address patient needs.
- Ability to transfer and position patients, including lifting up to 35 lbs.
Responsibilities
- Provide professional nursing care to promote patient comfort and well-being, including specialized treatments, prescribed medications, and coordination with other departments.
- Collect pertinent physiological, psychosocial, psychological, and functional data using evidence-based techniques and instruments.
- Assist physicians during examinations and treatments.
- Formulate nursing diagnoses by interpreting information from health team members and incorporating it into written assessments.
- Assess patients, identify changes in status, establish care priorities, and recognize crisis situations.
- Implement interventions consistent with the plan of care and interdisciplinary treatment plan; evaluate progress and modify the plan as indicated.
- Educate patients and significant others about care during hospitalization, expected outcomes, home care instructions, and referrals to health agencies and resources.
- Prepare and provide patient care plan reports to health team members, including assignment sheets, explanations of care plans, and documentation.
- Review and evaluate patient-care policies and procedures and make recommendations to support comprehensive care.
- Perform other duties that may be assigned in the best interest of Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits program; benefits and eligibility may vary by position.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
