Registered Nurse (RN) Special Care Unit - FT MUSC Marion

Medical University of South Carolina•Marion, IN

About The Position

The Registered Nurse in the Inpatient Detox Unit, also known as the Special Care Unit, provides nursing care using the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The nurse directs and leads assigned team members and collaborates with multidisciplinary colleagues to provide age- and developmentally appropriate care according to nursing standards and practice. The role provides patient- and family-centered care that addresses physical, emotional, spiritual, cultural, religious, and environmental needs. Care includes assessment, nursing diagnoses, outcome identification, care planning and coordination, interventions, health teaching and promotion, and evaluation consistent with MUSC policies. The nurse helps maintain a safe, therapeutic, and healing environment and contributes to professional practice, shared governance, quality patient outcomes, and ongoing professional growth.

Requirements

South Carolina or Compact State RN License.
American Heart Association BLS Certification.

Responsibilities

Provide nursing care using assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Direct and lead assigned team members and collaborate with multidisciplinary team members.
Provide age- and developmentally appropriate care in accordance with nursing standards of care and practice.
Deliver patient- and family-centered care addressing physical, emotional, spiritual, cultural, religious, and environmental needs.
Assess patients; develop nursing diagnoses; identify outcomes; plan, implement, and coordinate care; provide health teaching and promotion; and evaluate goals and interventions in accordance with MUSC policies.
Maintain a safe, therapeutic, and healing environment while ensuring patient privacy and demonstrating responsive, respectful, accepting, and professional behavior.
Participate in the professional practice model, including shared governance, peer review, professional development, and adherence to standards of care.
Promote leadership and clinical excellence, effective teamwork, autonomous practice, accountability, and critical thinking.
Coordinate efficient and effective delivery of patient care services using care management principles.
Identify clinical priorities and initiate actions to improve patient outcomes.
Promote a healthy work environment and take personal responsibility for professional growth.