Registered Nurse, Mom/Baby - Full Time, Nights

Texas Health•Dallas, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) in the Mom/Baby department provides patient care in accordance with the Texas Nurse Practice Act. The nurse serves as a role model, interdisciplinary collaborator, and coordinator for quality patient care. Responsibilities include assessing patients, planning and delivering care, evaluating interventions, incorporating age-specific safety and infection-control measures, responding to patients’ and significant others’ information needs, and maintaining continuity of care across shifts, hospitals, and transfers. The position is based at Texas Health Dallas in Dallas, Texas, and works full-time nights, 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., for 36 hours per week. The Mom/Baby department has been recently renovated and is a Level IV Maternal designation and Texas Ten Step member. The unit describes its environment as supportive and inclusive. Texas Health Dallas is an 875-bed, Magnet-designated hospital serving the Dallas community. It is part of Texas Health, which has more than 28,000 employees.

Requirements

Diploma in Nursing or an associate degree from an accredited nursing program.
One year of experience as a clinical nurse, or completion of an RN residency program.
An RN must practice within the regulations of the Texas Nurse Practice Act.

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred.
One year of Mom/Baby experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Assess patients.
Plan patient care.
Intervene as appropriate.
Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions.
Incorporate age-specific safety and infection-control measures into patient care.
Initiate action to meet patients’ and significant others’ information needs.
Maintain continuity of patient care between shifts and hospitals, and while expediting transfers out of the hospital.
Practice within the regulations of the Texas Nurse Practice Act.
Serve as a role model, interdisciplinary collaborator, and coordinator for quality patient care.