Registered Nurse Emergency Services Nights

Kindred Healthcare•Palestine, TX

5h•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse directs and coordinates nursing care according to established clinical nursing practice standards. The role collaborates with other professional disciplines to support effective, efficient patient care and desired patient outcomes. Nursing practice includes diagnosing and treating human responses to actual or potential health alterations and using the nursing process to administer treatments and medications, interpret diagnostic tests, formulate plans of care, collaborate with health care providers, and educate patients and/or significant others. The position requires passing role competencies and involves discretion and independent action within prescribed limits. The nurse gathers and documents patient health data, determines assessment priorities, analyzes findings, and identifies and validates diagnoses or patient problems. The nurse develops measurable, individualized outcomes and plans of care with patients, significant others, and providers when appropriate, then implements and documents interventions and evaluates patient progress. The nurse revises diagnoses, outcomes, and care plans as needed and supports continuity of care. The role also participates in quality-of-care activities, including monitoring and analyzing nursing-care quality, recommending and implementing improvements, and using results to improve practice.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing.
Current RN license in the state of practice or a compact state.
Must pass competencies for the position.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree preferred.
Minimum of one year of hospital clinical experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Direct and coordinate nursing care in accordance with established clinical nursing practice standards.
Use the nursing process to provide care, including administering treatments and medications, interpreting diagnostic tests, formulating plans of care, collaborating with health care providers, and educating patients and/or significant others.
Collect patient health data using appropriate assessment techniques; prioritize, involve relevant participants when appropriate, and maintain systematic, ongoing collection and documentation.
Analyze assessment data to determine diagnoses or patient problems, validate them when possible, and document them to support outcomes and care planning.
Identify individualized, measurable, realistic, attainable, time-estimated patient outcomes that support continuity of care.
Develop, individualize, document, and maintain plans of care with patients, significant others, and health care providers when appropriate.
Anticipate potential problems and intervene to reduce adverse impact.
Implement and document safe, appropriate interventions consistent with the plan of care.
Systematically evaluate and document patient responses and progress toward outcomes, assess intervention effectiveness, and revise diagnoses, outcomes, or care plans as needed.
Involve patients, significant others, and health care providers in evaluation when appropriate.
Participate in quality-of-care activities, including identifying monitoring priorities and indicators, collecting and analyzing quality data, recommending and implementing improvements, and using findings to change practice.
Perform other duties as assigned.