Registered Nurse - PRN

Acadia External • Lafayette, LA

14h • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (PRN) role involves providing and coordinating comprehensive patient care, which includes assessing physical and behavioral health needs, developing and implementing nursing care plans, and maintaining accurate medical records. A key aspect of the position is patient and family education regarding various health conditions. The nurse is expected to deliver care in strict adherence to state Nurse Practice Act regulations, facility policies, and corporate procedures. Responsibilities also include ensuring the legibility and proper transcription of physician's orders, continuously assessing patient status, and documenting pertinent information. The role requires collaboration with other healthcare professionals to address all patient needs—physical, biopsychosocial, age-related, developmental, and cultural—and to resolve any complaints. The nurse must promptly notify physicians of significant changes in patient status, such as detox difficulties or medical emergencies. Additionally, the position entails ensuring nursing treatment plans are tailored to assessed needs and completed upon admission, practicing universal precautions, accurately administering and documenting medications, and efficiently managing admission and discharge processes. Maintaining therapeutic rapport with patients through professional boundaries and effective communication is also essential. The nurse may also be directed to provide leadership or coordinate unit activities.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing
• Current RN license as required by state
• CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification (training available upon hire and offered by facility)
• First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements

Nice To Haves

• One or more years’ nursing experience within clinical area of service provided by facility

Responsibilities

• Provide and coordinate care by assessing physical and behavioral health needs of patient
• Develop and implement nursing care plans
• Maintain medical records
• Educate patients and their families about various physical and behavioral health conditions
• Provide nursing care and services within the standards and scope of nursing practice as defined within the state Nurse Practice Act regulations, policies, procedures and protocols, as well as facility and corporate policies and procedures
• Ensure physician’s orders are legible if taken verbally and transcribed appropriately per policy and procedure
• Ensure patient’s status is assessed on an ongoing basis and pertinent information gathered is documented
• Collaborate with others to ensure that all patients’ physical, biopsychosocial, age, developmental and cultural needs are met and when they are not met, acknowledges and works to resolve customer complaints
• Notify physician of significant changes in status such as difficulties with detox, medical emergency or change in medical status regarding response to medications, etc.
• Ensure nursing treatment plans are specific to assessed needs and initial treatment plan is completed upon admission
• Demonstrate knowledge and utilization of universal precautions in providing direct patient care
• Accurately administer medications per ordered note and document accurate count of controlled substance medication administration on required documents
• Responsible for completing admission and discharge processed efficiently and accurately as directed
• Exhibit therapeutic rapport with patients by maintaining professional boundaries, being respectful to personal space, giving patient direct attention and maintaining rational detachment
• Provide direction or coordinate the activities of the unit as directed
• Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, coworkers and others involved in patient treatment in an effective manner
• Perform other functions and tasks as assigned

Benefits

• Professional growth opportunity that is second to none in the industry
• Join a team with defined career paths and a national family of hospitals and facilities

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees