Registered Nurse (RN - I or RN - III)|Gregory Hospital|PRN

Avera•Gregory, SD

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides nursing care by developing nursing diagnoses and care objectives, defining and delivering nursing interventions, and offering physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients and their families. The nurse assesses changing patient conditions, evaluates outcomes, and revises care objectives and plans as needed. This is a PRN ambulatory/surgery role, scheduled as needed, with an indicated schedule of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, without weekends or holidays.

Requirements

Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice, required upon hire.
Ability to work the hours specified.
Ability to perform essential job functions satisfactorily, including adequate visual acuity and the ability to communicate effectively, hear, understand, and distinguish speech and other sounds.
Commitment to confidentiality, teamwork, applicable safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards.

Nice To Haves

1–3 years of experience working in a clinical environment.

Responsibilities

Provide patient care by reviewing physician prescriptions, communicating the nursing care plan and relevant information to the healthcare team, coordinating with other healthcare providers, supporting patients and families, and conferring with physicians.
Develop nursing care plans by obtaining medical histories, examining patients, documenting physical and psychological status and relevant social factors, consulting with family and friends, and establishing nursing diagnoses, objectives, interventions, schedules, and timetables.
Teach patients and their families about care goals, conditions, medications, and self-care; answer questions and provide information and resources.
Evaluate care against therapeutic standards and patient-care outcomes, review records, identify changing conditions and needs, and modify care objectives and plans.
Maintain a safe, secure, and healthy care environment by following infection-control, medication administration and storage, controlled-substance, organizational, and legal requirements, and alerting others to potential concerns.
Document patient-care services in patient and department records.
Maintain patient-care equipment by following operating procedures, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and arranging repairs.
Keep patient-care supplies ready by checking stock, anticipating needs, ordering and expediting supplies, verifying receipt, and stocking items.
Maintain competence in nursing capabilities outlined by leadership.
Apply Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles; promote compassion, hospitality, and stewardship; uphold CARE standards; maintain confidentiality; work effectively with the team; and comply with applicable safety laws and standards.