Registered Nurse (RN)- High Risk Ante-Postpartum

Northwell Health•New York, NY

21h

About The Position

The Registered Nurse delivers and ensures patient care by assessing and diagnosing patients’ conditions, developing plans of care, and evaluating patients’ responses to care. The nurse participates in patient education and discharge planning and collaborates with, coordinates, and guides designated care team members in planning care and achieving goals. The role includes assessing patients’ knowledge and physical, psychosocial, and spiritual health; creating and updating individualized plans of care; communicating changes in patient status; providing or delegating care according to established plans and protocols; conducting rounds; providing emergency care; administering medications; and performing or assisting with unit procedures and treatments. The nurse operates patient-care equipment according to manufacturer recommendations and promotes infection control and patient safety. The nurse documents assessments, interventions, patient responses, and teaching; completes required admission, transfer, perioperative, observation, and intake/output records; and initiates referrals with the interdisciplinary team. The role also involves patient and family education, quality improvement, unit goals and audits, staff meetings and clinical conferences, continuing education, and—when assigned—charge nurse and preceptor responsibilities.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.
Current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State.
BCLS, ACLS, or PALS certification is required.
If hired after September 1, 2010, must be enrolled in an accredited program within 24 months of employment and obtain a BSN within five years of the employment date.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred.
Maternal Child Health experience preferred; one year of MCH experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop and evaluate individualized plans of care based on patient assessments, priority problems, anticipated length of stay, and input from the patient, family, and care team.
Continuously assess patients’ knowledge and physical, psychosocial, and spiritual health through interviews, examinations, and data collection.
Consult with the multidisciplinary health care team about nursing assessment findings and communicate pertinent information and changes in patient status.
Collaborate with team members to revise plans of care as needed.
Provide or delegate patient care according to the plan of care and established protocols, using clinical resources and explaining the rationale for care decisions.
Conduct clinical rounds, provide emergency care, and administer medications.
Operate patient-care equipment according to manufacturer recommendations.
Perform and assist with unit procedures and treatments, including dressing changes, feeding, and pre- and post-operative care.
Practice and monitor infection-control standards and promote patient safety in accordance with state and federal guidelines.
Document care on appropriate forms, including dates and times of entries, legible signatures, assessments, interventions, and patient responses.
Complete nursing admission assessments within 24 hours of admission, transfer assessments, perioperative assessments, frequent observations, and intake/output records according to protocols.
Perform and document vital signs and pain scores at least every four hours.
Initiate and complete health care referrals in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
Identify patient learning needs, educate patients and families to support participation in care and decision-making, develop and implement teaching plans, conduct teaching conferences, and document education.
Participate in quality improvement, unit goals and objectives, unit-based audits, and the development and implementation of corrective action plans.
Attend in-service programs about new unit products and equipment, staff meetings, and unit-based clinical conferences as scheduled.
Represent the clinical unit on committees as assigned and submit an annual record of continuing education and a self-assessment of clinical performance.
Perform charge nurse and preceptor responsibilities according to established protocols when assigned.
Perform related duties as required.