Registered Nurse (RN) - Neuro Stepdown

Tenet Healthcare Corporation • Delray Beach, FL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The RN provides high quality, safe, cost effective, total nursing care to all patients. The RN assumes responsibility for overall coordination of the patient’s experience and integration of patient care based on the nursing process. The RN directs high quality and patient focused care according to established standards of safety, risk management, QI, Infection Control, with the goal being to discharge the patient with an optimum level of care provided.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse - licensed in the State of Florida.
• American Heart Association BLS certification
• For Telemetry and higher acuity units: ACLS (AHA) and Basic EKG interpretation are also required.
• None

Nice To Haves

• BSN

Responsibilities

• Completes comprehensive assessments based on individual patient needs.
• Evaluates patient care and adjusts nursing processes to ensure optimal outcome.
• Develops the patient plan of care based on identified patient needs in conjunction with the medical treatment plan based on a multidisciplinary approach.
• Reassesses the patient on a continuing basis to include patient’s response to treatment, changes in condition, and changes in diagnosis. Provides care and updates plan of care based on those identified needs.
• Maintains patient documentation legibly as identified in hospital policies.
• Delegates patient care responsibilities to assigned caregivers based upon patient needs and staff competencies.
• Facilitates compliance with evidenced based practice standards for core measures and National Patient Safety Goals.
• Demonstrates critical thinking skills in order to anticipate or respond to patient care situations.
• Coordinates ordered diagnostic and therapeutic services.
• Performs IV skills, including IV starts.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off
• Career development and continuing education opportunities
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED