Registered Nurse (RN) - IV Team - PRN

LCMC Health•Metairie, LA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The RN Staff Nurse assesses, plans, implements and evaluates patient care based on the standards of care and the policies of LCMC Health. The RN delegates to professional and non-professional personnel involved in the delivery of care. ACLS preferred, ACLS within 6 months of hire required.

Requirements

Valid license or temporary permit to practice professional nursing in Louisiana.
American Heart Association BLS-HCP.
ACLS within 6 months of hire required

Nice To Haves

ACLS preferred
IV and Ultrasound guided experience preferred

Responsibilities

Provides peripheral IV insertions in all inpatient and outpatient areas of hospital.
Facilitates and maintains a safe environment for patients and others.
Utilizes the nursing process to develop and deliver a plan of care for assigned patients.
Performs the priority technical procedures required by the area, department, and/or assignment safely, effectively, efficiently, and legally.
Establishes and/or revises priorities for patient care activities based on acuity, resource availability, customer/patient preference/request, and other departmental needs.
Coordinates and delegates activities related to patient care management in an appropriate manner and supervises the activities of other unit personnel providing care to assigned patients.
Communicates using appropriate channels, proper hand-off, and escalation of information, data, and significant events of problems to appropriate persons, including current patient condition, changes in the patient’s condition, laboratory/diagnostic data, intake & output, nutrition needs, assessment findings and changes, changes of shift report, patient/family/physician team member complaints, defective equipment, etc to ensure continuity of care.
Keeps patients informed and gives periodic updates as appropriate and positively contributes to the organizational goal of patient throughput.
Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to identify actions to improve patient care.
Seeks supervision, consultation, and assistance when unable to perform effectively or safely independently.
Uses interpersonal-communication strategies with individuals to achieve desirable/acceptable outcomes/responses and the perception of satisfaction by those involved.
Uses internal and/or external resources to resolve and/or prevent problems that cannot be managed independently.
Actively promotes and supports LCMC Health’s performance improvement initiatives by consistently implementing infection control practices, maintaining the environment of care consistent with Joint Commission requirements, and participating in quality improvement activities and review/audit processes.
Continuously displays a positive attitude that contributes to patient satisfaction and utilizes the service recovery process to address patients’ concern or complaints.
Recognizes customer needs and begins to solve problems as soon as they are apparent.
Contributes to the team by providing assistance to others without being asked.