Registered Nurse - Staff - PNR - Acute Care

TriHealth•Wilmington, OH

20h

About The Position

This position applies the nursing process to provide direct and indirect holistic care to patients and their families, and collaborates collegially with physicians and other health care team members to meet patient needs. The nurse may delegate aspects of care to people under their direct supervision, within the scope of nursing practice. This role is for newly licensed RNs in specialty areas who are enrolled in and required to complete the First Year Experience Program, RNs with less than one year of full-time acute-care RN experience before entering their TriHealth RN role, or RNs with less than two years of part-time acute-care RN experience before entering their TriHealth RN role. Upon completing all First Year Experience Program requirements, the nurse will move to the Registered Nurse - Staff position. The nurse assesses patients and families, plans and delivers individualized care, evaluates outcomes, documents care, educates patients and staff, collaborates with the care team, and supervises delegated care. Nurses are encouraged to pursue continuing education, degree advancement, specialty certification, professional organization membership, community health activities, nursing research, evidence-based practice, and collaborative relationships among caregivers.

Requirements

Associate's degree or diploma in nursing.
Up to one year of clinical nursing experience.
Complete all elements of the First Year Experience Program within one year.
Knowledge, judgment, and skills derived from biological, physical, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences to meet complex health care needs across stages of the life cycle.
Be a newly licensed RN in a specialty area enrolled in and required to complete the First Year Experience Program, or have less than one year of full-time acute-care RN experience or less than two years of part-time acute-care RN experience before entering the RN role at TriHealth.

Nice To Haves

Membership in a related professional organization is preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform initial and ongoing assessments of patients and families, complete initial assessment tools, document ongoing assessments according to unit and TriHealth guidelines, and communicate findings to other health care providers as appropriate.
Include health counseling and teaching needs in assessments.
Plan care based on assessments, standards of care, and desired outcomes; initiate and individualize care plans, patient care guidelines, or clinical pathways; and update plans as patient and family input and health care needs change.
Provide a safe, therapeutic environment while maintaining patient autonomy, dignity, and rights and showing sensitivity to patient diversity.
Communicate the plan of care to others and develop short- and long-term goals with the patient, family, and health care team, including discharge planning.
Balance patient needs with unit and facility priorities, seek resources to support ethical decisions, and recognize and respond appropriately to emergencies.
Complete patient assignments and documentation within scheduled timeframes.
Base interventions on clinical data and desired outcomes and document them accordingly.
Train and educate other staff and act as an expert resource in the specialty area by applying existing and developing knowledge and skills.
Communicate effectively and understand and execute physician orders.
Evaluate the plan of care against patient outcomes and document patient and family responses to care, including teaching.
Collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and other health care team members to revise care plans as needed.
Supervise care delegated to other health care team members.
Identify areas for self-improvement, serve in relief charge or resource roles when requested, complete assignments on time, cooperate with instructors to support student learning, maintain current practice knowledge, and demonstrate knowledge of organizational and departmental changes.
Support continuing education, further formal education and degree advancement, specialty certification, professional nursing organization membership, community health activities, nursing research, evidence-based practice, and collaborative relationships among caregivers.