Registered Nurse - OB Float Pool (PRN, Days)

FMOLHS•Lafayette, LA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves providing clinical practice and care management within an OB Float Pool. The Registered Nurse will perform psychosocial/physiologic assessments, formulate care plans, and provide holistic care tailored to individual patient needs, including cultural, ethical, and spiritual considerations. The position requires adapting educational programs, collaborating with patients and families on desired outcomes, ensuring efficient care delivery, and advocating for patient rights. The nurse will also identify variances from expected outcomes, evaluate patient outcomes, and revise care plans accordingly. Documentation of all patient care activities is essential. Communication and collaboration with healthcare team members, patients, and families are key to maximizing patient outcomes. The role includes delegating patient care activities, participating in staff assignments, staying informed about unit initiatives, and contributing to unit teams, work groups, and committees. The nurse will also participate in quality improvement initiatives, incorporate evidence-based practice, and serve as a clinical resource and mentor to other healthcare team members. Professional development is expected, including self-evaluation, lifelong learning, and accountability for continuing education and competencies. Leadership skills in critical thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving are also important. The role consistently performs 12 organizational Service Standards focused on Values, Service, and Quality.

Requirements

2 years of acute-care nursing
Graduate of accredited school of nursing
Current Louisiana State license or temporary license as RN
BLS certification

Nice To Haves

Current NIH Stroke Scale Certificate within six months
Advanced Cardiac Life Support for their specialty within six months

Responsibilities

Performs psychosocial/physiologic assessments that integrates changing data.
Formulates a plan of care based on trends of similar patients, including patient education and discharge planning.
Tailors and prioritizes caring practice to individual needs, including cultural/ ethical/ spiritual needs.
Participates in the planning of routine transitional health care needs (e.g., treatment options, patient placement options, end of life options).
Responds to changes in patient's needs and provides holistic care using independent clinical judgment based on knowledge drawn from education and experience.
Adapts planned educational programs and information to individual patients and family by modifying teaching strategies or content.
Integrates education during the delivery of patient care.
Collaborates with patients/ families to identify realistic desired outcomes.
Ensures efficiency in the delivery of care: determines immediate priorities and offers solutions for problems.
Actively advocates for patient rights and identifies potential conflict.
Seeks counsel for resolution of conflict.
Identifies variances from expected outcomes.
Evaluates patient outcomes and makes revisions in the plan of care.
Documents all patient care activities as per documentation standards.
Assists the healthcare team with the documentation process.
Consistently communicates/collaborates with the health care team members, patients and families to maximize patient outcomes.
Appropriately delegates patient care activities to other health care team members and participates in making and revising staff assignments to achieve maximum productivity.
Maintains knowledge regarding unit initiatives, and incorporates the outcomes of the team/ committees work into practice.
Participates on unit teams, work groups and/or committees.
Anticipates needs and voluntarily assists others.
Demonstrates knowledge of unit based quality improvement initiatives.
Participates in quality improvement initiatives by utilizing standards, guidelines, and pathways for care delivery.
Incorporates evidence based practice and research findings into nursing practice to enhance outcomes.
Acts as a clinical resource and serves as a mentor to health care team members; displays leadership behaviors.
Identifies own learning needs based on self-evaluation and the progress made from the previous year's goals.
Accountable for all documentation and completion of all required continuing education and competencies relevant to area of practice as defined by clinical management.
Ensures improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development in life-long learning.
Provides direction and guidance to others regarding practice, serves as a resource, preceptor, and mentor.
Consistently performs 12 organizational Service Standards focused on Values, Service and Quality.