Registered Nurse RN - ICU Per Diem
About The Position
The registered professional nurse (RN) coordinates nursing care, including direct patient care, patient and family education, and transitions of care. The RN supports professional nursing practice across settings and throughout the continuum of care to meet the needs of patients and families. The position follows Shriners Hospitals for Children’s FOCUSED Professional Practice Model and is accountable for planning, implementing, evaluating, and communicating all phases of care for assigned patients, using the ANA Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice as a basis for practice. The RN provides leadership through precepting, formal and informal leadership, and quality improvement efforts. The RN delegates care based on skill level, experience, patient acuity, fiscal accountability, and available resources, and may participate in committees or projects.
Requirements
- California RN license.
- BSN.
- CPR certification.
- PALS certification within 6 months of employment.
Nice To Haves
- One year of specialty experience.
Responsibilities
- Provide professional nursing services to patients with a variety of needs using the nursing process and within the scope, ethics, and standards of practice defined by the American Nurses Association and California BRN Nurse Practice Act.
- Support Shriners Hospitals’ family-centered care philosophy.
- Collect and analyze assessment data to determine diagnoses and issues.
- Identify expected outcomes and develop plans addressing health promotion and restoration, health maintenance, or health-related problems, including alternatives to attain expected outcomes.
- Implement the identified plan and coordinate care delivery.
- Use strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
- Evaluate progress toward attaining outcomes.
- Apply professional codes of ethics to ensure individual rights in all areas of practice.
- Integrate evidence and research findings into practice.
- Demonstrate leadership in practice settings, across the profession, and in the community.
- Delegate patient care according to skill level, experience, patient acuity, fiscal accountability, and availability of resources.
- Mentor and teach, and contribute to quality improvement efforts and, as applicable, committees or projects.
