MA - Gardner, MA - Registered Nurse, Med/Surg, Watkins 2

Bestica•Gardner, MA

22h•Onsite

About The Position

This position is for a Registered Nurse in the Med/Surg unit. The role involves assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing interventions and patient care plans. The nurse will provide patient care based on established standards, protocols, and policies, ensuring patient dignity and self-regard. Responsibilities include patient and family teaching, discharge planning, delegation and supervision of nursing staff, and prioritizing patient care. Accurate and timely documentation, thorough patient reporting, and promoting a learning environment for colleagues are also key aspects of the role. The nurse will proactively identify patient safety risks and opportunities to reduce errors, address ethical issues in care, and safely administer medications and therapies. Specific duties include assessing and managing patient pain levels, interpreting cardiac rhythms, providing care to surgical patients, and managing related equipment. This document outlines major duties but employees may be asked to perform additional tasks.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
Current MA RN license
ACLS upon hire OR must hold an active BLS card and obtain AHA ACLS within 60 days of hire
Demonstrates mature professional behaviors, (i.e. tact, empathy and diplomacy)
Promotes a positive working environment

Nice To Haves

1 year Med/Surg experience preferred
1 year Telemetry experience preferred
1 yr Pediatrics experience preferred
PALS preferred

Responsibilities

Assesses (and reassesses), plans, implements, and evaluates nursing interventions/plans of care/patient goals.
Provides patient care based on standards of care, standards of practice, protocols, and established policies and procedures.
Respects each patient as an individual; provides care that fosters the patient’s sense of dignity and positive self-regard.
Provides patient/family teaching based on identified learning needs, readiness to learn, and barriers to learning.
Collaboratively plans and prepares patient/family for discharge incorporating support systems/resources as necessary.
Appropriately delegates and supervises nursing interventions performed by others.
Appropriately prioritizes patient care (e.g. seeks assistance as needed from appropriate resources, reassigns personnel as necessary, recognizes need for emergency intervention, etc.).
Provides thorough, timely, and accurate documentation of all pertinent data, therapeutic interventions and patient responses according to established standards.
Provides timely and thorough report on assigned patients to other health care team members to ensure integration of services and continuity of patient care.
Promotes learning for colleagues and self (e.g. functions as preceptor, instructor, trainer, attends professional development programs, etc.).
Proactively identifies risk to patient safety and identifies opportunities to reduce medical/health care errors (i.e. appropriate reporting of errors/incidents).
Identifies ethical issues in care and develops plan to address.
Safely administers medications and intravenous therapy in accordance with physician’s orders, protocols, policies and procedures.
Assesses patient pain level upon admission and as necessary, depending upon diagnosis utilizing the numerical pain scale.
Reassesses effectiveness of pain control and notifies physicians as needed, as well as, documents assessment and patients’ response to medication.
Responsible for obtaining supporting information and completing required documentation related to medication reconciliation for use by the Attending provider.
Interprets and documents patient cardiac rate, rhythm and configuration (PR ST segment) and initiates appropriate treatment plan based on provider orders.
Provides ongoing assessment and teaching to the surgical patient/family, utilizing current standards and protocols.
Recognizes normal and deviant progress patterns and reports problems or concerns to physician in a timely manner.
Utilizes pain management devices and other techniques to ensure proper pain relief.
Sets up, maintains and troubleshoots other equipment related to the surgical patient such as; traction/orthopedic equipment/devices, feeding pumps, chest tubes and drains, etc.