Registered Nurse (RN) | Behavioral Health Adult Unit | PRN

Avera Health • Sioux Falls, SD

93d • $32 - $48

About The Position

The Avera Behavioral Health Adult B Unit is designed to be a structured, therapeutic environment for adults to learn to understand their diagnosis, develop a Crisis Response Plan, use healthy coping skills and set and complete goals. You will enjoy this Behavioral Health setting if you are someone that enjoys patient focused care with a team that is dedicated to quality patient outcomes, likes working with the Adult population, has a passion for helping patients with Anxiety, Depression, and Personality Disorders and Suicidal behavior, appreciates an active, challenging care environment that requires critical thinking, values autonomous professional nursing practice, and possesses motivation to help create and deliver high-quality patient care in an energizing team environment.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse (RN) - Board of Nursing An active license in the state of practice Upon Hire

Nice To Haves

• 1-3 years Experience working in a clinical environment

Responsibilities

• Provides patient care by reviewing physician prescriptions; communicating the nursing care plan and all pertinent information to other members of the health care team; coordinating with other healthcare providers; providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families, and friends; conferring with physicians.
• Develops nursing care plans by obtaining medical histories; examining patients; documenting patient physical condition, psychological status, and influencing social factors; conferring with family and friends; developing a nursing diagnosis; establishing nursing care objectives; defining nursing interventions, schedules, and timetables.
• Teaches healthcare requirements by establishing patient care goals; instructing patient, family, and friends to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions; providing information and resources.
• Evaluates patient care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care standards; reviewing patient records; noting changing conditions and needs; re-evaluating care objectives; modifying nursing care plan.
• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy patient care environment by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations; adhering to organization standards and policies, and to legal regulations; alerting others regarding potential concerns.
• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Keeps patient care equipment operating by following operating instructions and established procedures; troubleshooting breakdowns; maintaining supplies; performing preventive maintenance; calling for repairs.
• Keeps patient care supplies ready by checking stock; anticipating needs; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; stocking items.
• Maintains competence in nursing capabilities outlined by leadership.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees