Registered Nurse LDRP

St Thomas More Hospital • Cañon City, CO

3d • $35 - $57

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) facilitates communication and collaboration among the healthcare team and the patient and family to meet the patient’s physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. The RN advances modern nursing through compassionate care and promotes optimal patient health, well-being, and safety by applying the nursing process and following patient care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act. The role requires personal accountability for relationship-based care and the organization’s mission.

The RN assesses patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs; develops and implements plans of care in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team; and evaluates patient responses and outcomes. The nurse performs therapeutic and diagnostic interventions, maintains confidential and accurate patient records, uses information technology to support communication and decision-making, protects patients’ health, safety, and rights, and provides and evaluates patient and family education.

Requirements

• Associate degree in Nursing, nursing diploma, or qualification by endorsement.
• RN license in the state of employment.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
• One year of experience in LDRP or Labor and Delivery.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, and review of medical records and clinical data.
• Evaluate patient responses and intervene to support optimal outcomes.
• Develop and implement patient plans of care and observe outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Perform therapeutic and diagnostic interventions, including IVs, incision and wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collection.
• Maintain patient charts and records thoroughly and confidentially; document patient status, interventions, responses, and outcomes accurately and in a timely manner.
• Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.
• Promote, advocate, and collaborate to protect each patient’s health, safety, and rights.
• Assess patient and family readiness, needs, and ability to learn; provide education and evaluate its effectiveness.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree