Registered Nurse RN - General Surgical - PRN-B

Northeast Georgia Health System•Gainesville, GA

16d

About The Position

General Surgery is a 32-bed nursing unit with four equipped with negative pressure and 2 with bariatric ceiling lifts. Care is rendered to patients with a variety of specialties including, but not limited to: Bariatric Surgery including Gastric Bypass, Gastric Sleeve, Duodenal Switch, and Revisional cases Urology diagnosis and procedures • Oncology Gynecology surgery General Surgery including major bowel procedures Vascular surgery procedures Plastic Surgery including skin grafts, flaps and reconstructive surgery Podiatry Other medical and surgical patients in times of high census Nurses provide care and monitoring for patients with IV patient-controlled analgesia. Nurses are competent in the care of patients with the following: nephrostomy tubes, continuous bladder irrigations, biliary drains, Jackson Pratt drains, Constavac drains, epidurals, chest tubes, tracheostomy tubes, and peritoneal dialysis. Nurses who have completed competencies may access and de-access Portacaths, and perform negative pressure wound dressing changes.

Requirements

Licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia
Associates Degree
One year of experience as a professional RN.
New graduate RNs or those with less than one year of experience will be referred to the RN Residency Program.

Nice To Haves

National certification in clinical specialty
Bachelor of Nursing Degree
Long Term Care: One year experience
Membership is professional organization

Responsibilities

Delivery of safe, effective, efficient care that meets population specific guidelines
Actively works to make own and related teams successful, effectively communicates with patients, families and colleagues at all levels, shows consideration and respect or others and fosters customer service
Effectively prioritizes, recognizes problems, and utilizes evidence based practice
Demonstrates personal mastery, leadership of self and others, as appropriate, delegates appropriately, and supports NGHS shared governance model
Basic computer skills necessary to operate computer systems used on unit
Demonstrates basic assessment skills.
Demonstrates the 5 rights of medication administration.
Manages care for basic patient assignment and progresses to care for increasingly complex patients.
Accurately documents all aspects of the nursing process using the electronic medical record as applicable.
Understands and complies with all DNV standards.
Accesses and follows polices.
Evaluates patient response to interventions and adjusts plan of care appropriately.
Consistently coordinates interdisciplinary care.
Uses resources effectively to reduce waste.
Participates in PI processes.
Participates in maintaining and monitoring the work environment to ensure compliance with DNV regulations.
Coordinates discharge planning.
Actively contributes to a culture of safety within the organization.
Includes the patient and family in patient care.
Provides effective education appropriate for the learning needs of patient/ family.
Demonstrates appropriate customer service behaviors.
Participates in organizational and unit based customer service initiatives.
Plans patient care based on assessment.
Displays basic prioritization and time management skills.
Evaluates patient’s response to interventions and seeks support to adjust the plan of care.
Utilizes resources on the unit to increase understanding of the care of unfamiliar patient populations.
Recognizes signs of deteriorating patient and accesses appropriate resources.
Reads nursing research/EBP articles.
Participates in discharge planning with increasing responsibility and coordination.
Demonstrates the ability to rapidly recognize and anticipate changes in patient status and takes appropriate action while maintaining professional composure.
Recognizes existence of nursing practice trends and questions care as it relates to evidence based practice.
Consistently and independently prioritizes patient care.
Supports unit goals.
Demonstrates support of shared governance through awareness of initiatives.
Completes a professional development plan and shows progress on personal learning goals.
Supervises and ensures completion of task assigned to ancillary/support staff.
Participates in the enhancement of the nursing profession and supporting the community.
Appropriately delegates tasks.
Seeks resources by actively consulting with the interdisciplinary team.
Demonstrates support of shared governance through awareness of initiatives and by providing input.
Serves in a unit leadership role(s).
Serves as the Nurse in Charge as necessary fulfilling the following responsibilities: a. patient flow, b. matches given resources to patients for shift, c. escalates concerns using the chain of command.