Registered Nurse (RN-CN1), Solid Organ Transplant, Full Time, Nights, ONA

UC Health•Cincinnati, OH

22h•Onsite

About The Position

UC Health is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) for the Solid Organ Transplant for Night Shift (7:00p-7:30a) at University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Solid Organ Transplant/Renal is a 24 bed unit, with 1 bed designated as a pre-op bed for those patients being called in for a transplant. UCMC performs Liver, Kidney and Pancreas transplants, and the kidney program has a living donor transplant program. All transplant patients, regardless of when their transplant was performed, are admitted to 8CCP due to the special care and education necessary. Nursing care is concentrated on recovery from transplantation, focusing on mobility, monitoring of I & O's, pain management, medication administration, and education. Transplant patients are always recovered and monitored in the SICU prior to coming to 8CCP and can also be admitted from TACU, clinic, or directly from home. The patient ratio is 1:4 or 1:6 patients. This position will train, and new graduates are welcome to apply. As the pioneering hospital of UC Health, Greater Cincinnati's academic health system, UC Medical Center has served greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky for nearly 200 years. Each year, hundreds of thousands of patients receive care from world-renowned clinicians and care teams utilizing the most advanced medical knowledge and technology available. UC Medical Center has 724 licensed beds and more than 5,800 employees. The unit offers a schedule with no call requirements and a warm team-culture environment.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited school of nursing
Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN)
Current OH RN License

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Responsibilities

Utilizes knowledge derived from the principles of biological, physical, behavioral, social and nursing sciences to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care.
Provides culturally based and age-specific care.
Engages in population appropriate communication.
Has knowledge of growth and development milestones and tasks.
Gives clear instructions to patients/family regarding treatment.
Involves family/guardian in the assessment, initial treatment and continuing care of the patient.
Identifies any physical limitations of the patient and deploys intervention when necessary.
Recognizes and responds appropriately to patients/families with behavioral health problems.
Interprets population related data and plans care appropriately.
Identifies and responds appropriately to different needs resulting from, unique psychological needs or those associated with religious / cultural norms.
Performs treatments, administers medication or operates equipment safely.
Recognizes and responds to signs/symptoms of abuse or neglect.
Collects basic level data.
Follows protocols with all populations and does not deviate from them.
Matches formal knowledge with clinical events to make decision.
Works on another's behalf and represents the concerns of the patient/family and nursing staff.
Serves as a moral agent in identifying and helping to resolve ethical and clinical concerns.
Works on the behalf of the patients.
Makes ethical/moral decisions based on rules.
Represents patient when patient cannot represent self.
Aware of patient's rights.
Maintains patient confidentiality.
Creates a compassionate, supportive, and therapeutic environment for patients and staff which includes vigilance, engagement, and responsiveness of caregivers.
Focuses on the usual and customary needs of the patient at the present.
Bases care on standards and protocols.
Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals, teaching the patient/ family to understand condition medications, and self-care skills and answering questions.
Maintains a safe physical environment.
Acknowledges death as an outcome.
Works with others (e.g. patients, care providers) to encourage each person's contribution toward achieving optimal patient goals.
Willing to be taught and mentored.
Participates in discussion regarding patient care and/or practice issues.
Maintains cooperative relationship with multidisciplinary care team, remains open to team member's contributions.
Manages environmental and system resources that exist for the patient, family and staff within or across health care and non-health care systems.
Uses a basic array of strategies.
Recognizes negotiation is a limited alternative.
Sees the patient/family within the isolated environment of the unit.
Sees self as a key resource.
Recognizes, appreciates and incorporates differences into provision of care - Includes cultural differences, spiritual beliefs, gender, race, ethnicity, lifestyle socioeconomic status, age and values in provision of care.
Provides care based on own belief system.
Learns the culture of the health care environment.
Facilitates learning for patients/ families, nursing staff and community including formal and informal learning.
Follows planned educational programs.
Sees patient family education as a separate task from delivery of care.
Provides data to increase patient's understanding.
Has basic knowledge of the totality of the education needs.
Focuses on a nurse's perspective and sees the patient as a passive recipient.
Engages in the ongoing process of questioning and evaluating practice and providing informed practice.
Implements clinical changes and research-based practices developed by others.
Recognizes the need for further learning to improve patient care.
Recognizes obvious changing patient situations (e.g. deterioration, crisis).
Needs and seeks help to identify patient problem.