Registered Nurse Resident

REGIONAL ONE HEALTH•Memphis, TN

84d•Onsite

About The Position

The Nurse Residency Program supports newly graduated nursing students as they transition into confident, competent Registered Nurses. During the first year at Regional One Health, residents receive training and support from the Nurse Residency Program Coordinator, Professional Development Specialists, and experienced preceptors. Monthly educational sessions supplement unit-based orientation with hands-on training, simulation, expert lectures, and small-group discussions. Didactic, evidence-based content helps develop clinical and interpersonal communication skills and confidence in practice. In daily practice, the Staff Nurse provides care to patients on the assigned unit and collaborates with the interdisciplinary team. The nurse assesses patient needs, plans and implements care, performs appropriate nursing interventions, documents care, educates patients and families, responds to emergencies, and contributes to quality and performance-improvement activities. The resident must remain in the hiring unit in good standing for at least one year after the residency begins; after the first year, transfer within the facility may be possible.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited nursing school and eligibility to sit for the RN exam.
Qualified by education, training, or experience to work with school-age, adolescent, adult, and/or geriatric patients as the specialty assignment dictates.
New graduate to less than 12 months of experience as an RN.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Ability to demonstrate technical, interpersonal, and critical-thinking skills and meet age-specific patient needs.

Responsibilities

Provide nursing care according to the medical regimen, patient condition, established standards, policies, and procedures.
Initiate and complete patient assessments, collect relevant information, determine nursing diagnoses and priorities, and update care priorities as patient conditions change.
Ensure required treatment and procedure consents are signed and patient identification procedures are completed.
Plan and implement care for assigned patients, including patient teaching, discharge planning, and age- and population-specific needs.
Perform therapeutic nursing interventions, including medication and treatment administration, immunizations, preparing and assisting patients during examinations or procedures, pain-control interventions, and monitoring patient responses.
Take corrective action when monitoring or life-support equipment indicates adverse symptoms, and coordinate patient referrals as appropriate.
Document assessments, clinical judgments, interventions, patient responses, progress toward outcomes, and other required care information.
Respond to or participate in medical emergencies and initiate or assist with CPR/BLS as required.
Teach patients and families about disease or condition care; develop and implement teaching outlines and evaluate patient progress.
Maintain patient medical records and use patient computer systems to enter and retrieve data.
Collaborate courteously with patients, families, hospital staff, and the interdisciplinary team to address patient needs and support customer satisfaction.
Transport monitored patients, specimens, equipment, and supplies between areas.
Collaborate with the forensic team and security to provide a safe environment for patients in custody.
Complete required training and education, attend staff meetings and mandatory in-services, and maintain role competencies.
Complete an evidence-based project within Nurse Residency Program guidelines and attend all monthly residency education sessions.
Contribute to annual reviews of unit-based scope statements and important aspects of care for clinical review; assist with developing indicators, thresholds, study methods, and data collection as assigned.
Respond to opportunities to improve care and participate in organizational performance-improvement initiatives.
Maintain a clean, orderly, and safe environment and follow policies and compliance, quality-improvement, safety, environmental, and infection-control standards.
Prepare and maintain records, reports, and files for administrative and compliance purposes.
Remain in the hiring unit in good standing for at least one year after residency begins; after the first year, transfer within the facility may be possible.