Registered Nurse (RN) - L&D full-time days

REGIONAL ONE HEALTH•Memphis, TN

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care to patients in the assigned area using the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care. The role provides care according to the medical regimen, patient condition, applicable standards, and established policies and procedures, including care of ambulatory practice patients. The nurse completes initial and ongoing assessments, identifies nursing diagnoses and care priorities, implements and documents interventions, monitors patient responses, and provides patient and family education. The nurse also collaborates with patients, families, physicians, hospital staff, and other teams; supports patient safety and quality improvement; and helps supervise and orient support personnel and trainees.

Requirements

Graduate of an approved nursing school or program.
Required RN state licensure and/or compact state licensure to work in Tennessee upon hire.
Basic Life Support (BCLS) certification upon hire.
Experience caring for patients in an inpatient setting.
Qualified by education, training, or experience to work with school-age, adolescent, adult, and/or geriatric patients as dictated by the specialty assignment.
Ability to meet the physical demands listed in the posting, including frequent lifting and carrying and constant standing, walking, talking, hearing, repetitive motions, and eye/hand/foot coordination.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide nursing care in accordance with the medical regimen, patient condition, applicable standards, and established policies and procedures.
Initiate and complete patient assessments, collect information from patients, families, laboratory results, and medical reports, and document nursing diagnoses and clinical judgments.
Verify that required treatment and procedure consents are signed and prescribed patient identification procedures are completed.
Determine nursing diagnoses and priorities for care, including patient teaching, discharge planning, and age- and development-related needs.
Perform ongoing assessments, reprioritize care based on new information, update nursing diagnoses, and involve family or other significant individuals as appropriate.
Assess, plan, and implement care for assigned patients and perform therapeutic nursing interventions as ordered by the physician and appropriate to patient needs and unit standards.
Complete histories and physical assessments; administer medications, treatments, and immunizations; prepare, position, and drape patients for examinations or procedures; provide pain interventions and procedural assistance; monitor patient responses; and coordinate referrals.
Initiate corrective action when monitoring or life-support equipment indicates adverse symptoms, including respiratory or cardiac insufficiency.
Document assessments, clinical priorities, interventions, patient education, responses to care, and progress toward outcomes; maintain patient medical records and other required records, reports, and files.
Respond to or participate in medical emergencies and initiate or assist with CPR/BLS as required.
Teach patients and families about disease or condition care, and develop and implement patient teaching outlines and evaluate patient progress.
Use patient computer systems to enter and retrieve data.
Collaborate courteously with patients, families, and hospital staff regarding patient needs, in accordance with iRESPECT Standards and customer-satisfaction expectations.
Instruct, assign, and supervise LPNs and other support personnel; assist with orientation and oversee new staff members and students during patient care activities.
Transport monitored patients, specimens, equipment, and supplies between areas.
Collaborate with the forensic team and security to provide a safe environment for patients in custody.
Complete required training and continuing education, attend staff meetings and mandatory in-services, and maintain required competencies.
Contribute to review of the unit-based scope statement and important aspects of care; assist with development of indicators, thresholds, study methods, and data collection as assigned.
Respond to opportunities to improve care and support organizational performance-improvement initiatives.
Maintain a clean, orderly, and safe environment and follow compliance, quality-improvement, safety, environmental, and infection-control standards.