Registered Nurse - 3S Short Stay- 12hr Days

Cedars-Sinai•Los Angeles, CA

6d•$56 - $90•Onsite

About The Position

Cedars-Sinai is seeking a Registered Nurse for the 3 South Short Stay unit, a 60-bed Observation/Short Stay unit. Nurses on this unit provide specialized care for patients under observation, including those triaged from the Emergency Department, PACU, and Cath Lab. The unit features patient telemetry monitoring observed from a central monitoring center. This fast-paced unit requires nurses with excellent partnership, teamwork, and a dedication to excellence.

Requirements

Assume the responsibility and accountability for the supervision and application of the nursing process throughout the delivery of patient care.

Nice To Haves

Excellent partnership, teamwork, and a dedication to excellence.

Responsibilities

Provide and accurately document direct and indirect patient care services that ensure the safety, comfort, personal hygiene, and protection of patients in a timely manner.
Provide patient education on disease prevention and restorative measures.
Provide administration of medications and therapeutic agents necessary to implement treatment, disease prevention, or rehabilitative plan of care.
Perform skin tests, immunizations, phlebotomy and the initiation of peripheral venous access.
Observe and assess signs and symptoms of illness, reactions to medications/treatments, general behavior, and/or general physical condition to determine normal versus abnormal characteristics and initiate emergency procedures when indicated.
Plan and implement individualized patient care based on observations. Implement appropriate reporting, referrals and care in accordance with standardized procedures while providing care to special patient populations and patients with diverse cultural backgrounds.
Identify patients' readiness for learning and their ability to follow directions/instructions and give consent while identifying and assessing patient safety concerns with respect to age and developmental considerations.
Demonstrate the knowledge and the ability to identify and make special adjustments as required to the specific populations' needs, including cultural, spiritual, age, psychosocial, communication, gender, sexual orientation, economic, education, family and condition needs.