Registered Nurse - 7S General Medical - 12hr Days

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center•Los Angeles, CA

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works on 7South, a 61-bed General Medical unit with telemetry capacity, the ability to care for patients receiving insulin drips, and two airborne precaution rooms. The unit is fast-paced and emphasizes teamwork, accountability, and excellence. The nurse is responsible and accountable for applying the nursing process and delivering care to the specialty patient population. The role includes providing and accurately documenting direct and indirect patient care to support patient safety, comfort, hygiene, and protection; educating patients about disease prevention and restorative measures; administering medications and therapeutic agents; and performing skin tests, immunizations, phlebotomy, and peripheral venous access initiation. The nurse observes and assesses patients’ symptoms, medication and treatment reactions, behavior, and physical condition, initiates emergency procedures when indicated, and plans and implements individualized care. The nurse also coordinates reporting, referrals, and care in accordance with standardized procedures; supports patients from special populations and diverse cultural backgrounds; assesses readiness to learn and ability to follow directions and consent; and identifies safety concerns based on age and developmental considerations. Care should be adjusted to patients’ cultural, spiritual, age, psychosocial, communication, gender, sexual orientation, economic, educational, family, and condition-related needs. This position is eligible for an employee referral bonus.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
Current California State RN License.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification from the American Red Cross or American Heart Association.
For Registered Nurse III: minimum 3 years of recent acute RN experience in the specialty.
For Registered Nurse II: minimum 1 year of recent acute RN experience will be considered.
Working knowledge of applicable Standards of Practice.
Demonstrated dedication to customer service and ability to meet the needs and expectations of patients and health care colleagues.

Nice To Haves

BSN or higher preferred.
For RN III, specialty certification is preferred; external applicants may obtain it within one year of hire.

Responsibilities

Apply the nursing process and deliver patient care for the specialty patient population.
Provide and accurately document direct and indirect patient care that ensures patient safety, comfort, hygiene, and protection in a timely manner.
Educate patients on disease prevention and restorative measures.
Administer medications and therapeutic agents needed to implement treatment, disease prevention, or rehabilitation plans of care.
Perform skin tests, immunizations, phlebotomy, and initiation of peripheral venous access.
Observe and assess signs and symptoms of illness, reactions to medications and treatments, general behavior, and physical condition; initiate emergency procedures when indicated.
Plan and implement individualized patient care based on observations.
Provide appropriate reporting, referrals, and care in accordance with standardized procedures.
Identify patients’ readiness to learn and ability to follow instructions and give consent.
Assess patient safety concerns with respect to age and developmental considerations.
Adjust care to meet patients’ cultural, spiritual, age, psychosocial, communication, gender, sexual orientation, economic, educational, family, and condition-related needs.