Registered Nurse Internal Traveler - Progressive Care Unit

Saint Francis Health System•Indianapolis, IN

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (Internal Traveler) in the Progressive Care Unit assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care using the nursing process, hospital standards, and unit policies and procedures. The role monitors and evaluates patient functional status and provides care to assigned patients in the Progressive Care Unit at the South Campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This is an ECB-status position requiring a minimum number of worked hours per month as needed by the department, with limited benefit offerings. The position is identified as safety-sensitive under Oklahoma law.

Requirements

Completion of the basic professional curriculum at a school of nursing approved and verified by a state board of nursing, with a diploma or degree, or entitlement to hold one.
Valid multistate or State of Oklahoma Registered Nurse license.
At least 1 year of related experience in the selected specialty.
Working knowledge of 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.

Nice To Haves

BLS certification.
ACLS certification.

Responsibilities

Use the nursing process to care for assigned patients.
Complete patient assessments and individualize plans of care within established unit and nursing guidelines.
Provide nursing care with consideration for patients’ cultural, psychosocial, and age-related factors.
Organize, prioritize, and perform nursing skills appropriate to the patient population; anticipate patient and unit needs.
Demonstrate a sound biopsychosocial knowledge base and exercise professional judgment in response to changing patient or unit situations.
Delegate and communicate effectively and appropriately.
Document nursing-process and care steps in the appropriate record, recording data concisely, consistently, accurately, and legibly and using correct medical terminology abbreviations.
Address problems and progress toward outcomes according to unit and nursing policy.
Facilitate patient teaching and discharge, use resources to plan and present patient education, and consider patient age and cultural and psychosocial factors.
Make timely and appropriate referrals and collaborate with other disciplines as appropriate.
Support unit and hospital goals through performance-improvement and educational activities.
Attend mandatory in-services and meet unit education standards.
Complete variance reports accurately.