Registered Nurse - Med Unit - PRN 7A-7P
About The Position
Provides direct patient care in a medical-surgical setting and communicates changes in patient care and clinical condition to providers, the Nurse Manager, and coworkers, including diagnostic results and symptoms. Responds quickly and accurately to changes in a patient’s condition or response to treatment. Maintains regulatory requirements and follows nursing and hospital policies, procedures, and standards. Performs general nursing duties across departments with adequate supervision. The role includes assessing and monitoring patients, administering medications and treatments, providing direct care and wound care, assisting with diagnostic procedures, developing and updating care plans with providers and specialists, and educating patients and families. The nurse collaborates with the multidisciplinary team, answers phones and call lights, advocates for patient comfort, and supervises licensed practical nurses and certified nursing assistants. The position involves physically demanding work in a fast-paced environment, including exposure to hazardous materials and infectious diseases and frequent use of personal protective equipment.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- Current Registered Nursing license for the state of Mississippi; license and certifications must be maintained in good standing.
- Current BLS Healthcare certification.
- Accurately assess patients, take vital signs, evaluate health status, and recognize changes in patient condition.
- Safely handle, calculate dosages for, and administer oral, IV, and injectable medications.
- Perform dressing changes, clean wounds, and assess healing progress.
- Assist patients with activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, toileting, and ambulation.
- Collect laboratory samples, perform catheterizations, and administer nebulizer treatments.
- Use Electronic Medical Records systems and operate medical equipment such as ventilators, IV pumps, and monitors.
- Demonstrate emergency response proficiency, including CPR and Basic Life Support (BLS); Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) is identified as desired.
- Collaborate with providers to create and implement comprehensive care plans.
- Use critical thinking and analytical skills to evaluate patient data and make timely, accurate decisions under pressure.
- Communicate effectively with patients, families, and multidisciplinary team members, including through shift reports.
- Demonstrate compassion, empathy, emotional stability, and respect in patient-centered care.
- Prioritize tasks and manage care for multiple patients simultaneously.
- Maintain accuracy in documentation and medication administration.
- Adapt to high-stress situations, changing schedules, and emergencies.
- Possess basic computer knowledge.
- Meet the physical demands of prolonged standing and walking, patient lifting and repositioning, frequent bending and reaching, pushing and pulling equipment, and fine motor tasks.
- Have the vision, hearing, and speech needed to monitor patients and communicate effectively.
- Manage work in a high-stress, fast-paced environment and tolerate exposure to hazardous materials, infectious diseases, blood, body fluids, and unpleasant odors.
Nice To Haves
- ACLS certification.
Responsibilities
- Perform physical examinations, record medical histories, monitor vital signs, and track changes in patient conditions.
- Administer oral, intravenous, injectable, and topical medications; change dressings; and assist with diagnostic tests.
- Assist patients with activities of daily living, including feeding, bathing, and dressing, and provide wound care.
- Assist with laboratory tests, collect lab samples, insert catheters, and provide treatments such as nebulizers.
- Follow infection-control procedures and maintain a safe environment for patients.
- Create, implement, and update patient care plans in collaboration with providers and specialists.
- Educate patients and families about disease management, treatment plans, and post-discharge care.
- Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to meet patient needs and advocate for patient comfort.
- Answer phones and call lights politely and communicate information to appropriate personnel or family members.
- Supervise licensed practical nurses and certified nursing assistants.
- Communicate changes in patient care and clinical condition, including diagnostic results and symptoms, to providers, the Nurse Manager, and coworkers.
- Respond promptly and accurately to changes in patient condition or response to treatment.
- Maintain regulatory requirements and follow nursing and hospital policies, procedures, and standards.
- Perform general nursing duties in all departments with adequate supervision.
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