Registered Nurse, RN - Medical Surgical

Saint Francis Health System • Muskogee, OK

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse I provides medical-surgical nursing care on Medical/Surgical 6 Tower at the Muskogee Campus. The role assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care using the nursing process in accordance with hospital standards and unit policies and procedures, with the goal of monitoring and evaluating patient functional status.

The nurse assesses, organizes, and completes patient care while considering patients’ ages and cultural, psychosocial, and other needs. The role includes documenting nursing care, addressing problems and progress toward goals, coordinating appropriate referrals and patient education to facilitate discharge, and collaborating with other disciplines. The nurse also supports unit and hospital goals through performance-improvement and educational activities.

This is a full-time night-shift position. It is identified as safety-sensitive under Oklahoma law; the employer may refuse to hire or may discipline or discharge employees in safety-sensitive jobs who test positive for marijuana, even if they hold a valid medical-marijuana license.

Requirements

• Complete the basic professional curriculum of a school of nursing approved and verified by a state board of nursing, and hold or be entitled to hold a diploma or degree from that school.
• Hold a valid multistate or State of Oklahoma Registered Nurse license.
• Have 0–6 months of related experience.
• Working knowledge of general disease-state management processes, the biopsychosocial model, and clinical pathways.
• Effective interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work effectively and efficiently.
• Ability to attend to detail when examining clinical and numerical data.

Responsibilities

• Use the nursing process to provide patient care.
• Assess, organize, and complete patient care while considering patient age and cultural and psychosocial factors.
• Document steps of the nursing process and use proper medical terminology.
• Address patient problems and progress toward goals.
• Facilitate patient discharge through timely, appropriate referrals and patient education resources suited to the patient’s age and cultural and psychosocial factors.
• Collaborate with other disciplines as appropriate.
• Support unit and hospital goals through performance-improvement and educational activities, including attending in-services, meeting unit education standards, and completing variance reports.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed