Registered Nurse (RN) - Acute Care, Surgical Trauma, FT, Days

Prisma Health•Richland, WA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides clinical direction for all aspects of patient care in an acute inpatient setting, fostering patient- and family-centered care. The RN demonstrates clinical competency using evidence-based practices throughout assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation, and outcomes. The role incorporates safety protocols, cost containment, and quality improvement into nursing practice; identifies patient, unit, and organizational priorities; and complies with organizational policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements. Care is provided within the scope of the Nurse Practice Act. The position is on the Surgical Trauma Unit at Prisma Health Richland Hospital, a 50-bed medical-surgical unit primarily serving adults recovering from traumatic injuries that typically require surgical intervention. The unit has telemetry monitoring for up to 23 patients, and the standard nurse-to-patient ratio is 1:4, flexing up to 1:5 as needed. Patients are hemodynamically stable and may have injuries resulting from penetrating trauma, assaults, motor vehicle crashes, or falls. The RN assesses patients, develops and implements plans of care, coordinates with patients, families, and other disciplines, documents care and observations, delegates nursing responsibilities appropriately, and contributes to quality improvement and safe staffing. The acute inpatient setting may require weekend, holiday, and on-call work. This is a non-management position reporting to a supervisor, manager, director, or executive.

Requirements

Associate degree in Nursing, or a nursing diploma with licensure to practice as a registered nurse.
One year of experience as a registered nurse; accepted alternatives include successful completion of the Prisma Health Nurse Residency Program or a comparable residency, or, for internal candidates within the same service line, one year of licensed practical nurse experience.
Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in South Carolina.
Knowledge and skills necessary to treat patients; other training as required by the department.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

Collect patient data, complete required forms, identify patient problems and needs, set priorities, identify issues requiring referral or follow-up, interpret and record diagnostic results, and perform nursing assessments using critical thinking.
Develop plans of care using the nursing process, incorporating other disciplines and continuing-care needs, involving patients and families, and making referrals to multidisciplinary support services.
Provide treatments, procedures, and other care as prescribed and according to accepted practice standards and patient-care standards.
Address age-related patient needs, explain nursing procedures, provide discharge teaching, identify emergencies and independently initiate advanced therapy, and advocate for and coordinate patient care.
Evaluate patient-care measures and respect patient rights, using established mechanisms to manage ethical issues in patient care.
Document care delivered, variations and rationale, observations related to actual or impending problems, and nursing measures implemented.
Delegate nursing care to appropriate personnel, integrate cost-effective measures, document unit problems, and participate actively in quality-improvement processes.
Meet staffing demands based on patient-care needs, comply with safe-working-condition policies, monitor unsafe conditions, address inappropriate or ineffective care management, and complete written reports.
Fulfill unit call assignments and adjust staffing for census and acuity.
Perform other duties as assigned.