Registered Nurse (RN)- Cn I-ONA, Labor and Delivery, Part Time, WOW

UC Health•Cincinnati, OH

About The Position

The Clinical Nurse I (registered nurse) promotes and restores patients’ health by completing the nursing process and collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members. The RN provides physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families, and uses knowledge of biological, physical, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate culturally based, age-specific patient care. The RN incorporates the ANCC Synergy Model for patient care to guide nursing practice and achieve optimum patient outcomes. This role is in the Labor and Delivery department at UC Medical Center, part of UC Health, an academic health system serving Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.

Requirements

Associate degree in Nursing (ASN) from an accredited school.
Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Ohio.
Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications as required by department and patient population needs.
Complete mandatory annual education and departmental competency requirements.
Meet any additional certification and licensure requirements specified by department standards.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited school.
Nursing experience relevant to the specific clinical area; it may be required depending on department standards.

Responsibilities

Engage in population-appropriate communication.
Use clinical reasoning, nursing skills, experiential knowledge, and evidence-based guidelines.
Collect basic-level data and follow protocols for all populations without deviating from them.
Match formal knowledge with clinical events to make decisions.
Serve as a moral agent by identifying and helping resolve ethical and clinical concerns.
Advocate on behalf of patients.
Focus on patients’ usual and customary needs in the present.
Base care on standards and protocols.
Promote patient independence by establishing care goals, teaching patients and families about conditions, medications, and self-care skills, and answering questions.
Participate in discussions about patient care and practice issues.
Consider patients and families within the unit environment.
Incorporate cultural differences, spiritual beliefs, gender, race, ethnicity, lifestyle, socioeconomic status, age, and values into care.
Facilitate formal and informal learning for patients, families, nursing staff, and the community.
Create practice changes through research utilization and experiential learning.