Registered Nurse (RN) - Inpatient Services
About The Position
Shriners Children’s St. Louis is hiring a PRN Registered Nurse for its Inpatient Unit. The nurse provides direct care to children with a range of orthopedic conditions, from mild to complex, delivering medical-surgical and ICU-level nursing care. The position works night shifts from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. on an as-needed basis. The Registered Nurse assesses patients’ physical, psychosocial, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual needs; develops and updates individualized, evidence-based care plans with patients, families, and the healthcare team; implements and documents interventions; and evaluates patient and family understanding and outcomes. The nurse also provides patient and family education, maintains a safe care environment, communicates information during handoffs, advocates for patients, and raises concerns related to safety, quality, ethics, or potentially impaired staff in accordance with organizational policy.
Requirements
- Associate’s Degree in Nursing.
- Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification within one year of employment.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification within one year of employment.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.
- Two years of acute care nursing experience.
- Pediatric experience in an orthopedic environment is highly desired.
Responsibilities
- Collect, analyze, prioritize, validate, and document comprehensive patient assessment data, identifying diagnoses, issues, risks, and barriers to health or safety.
- Develop culturally appropriate, individualized plans of care with patients, families, and healthcare team members, including measurable expected outcomes and evidence-based strategies.
- Revise care plans based on ongoing assessments, patient responses, status, and outcome indicators.
- Implement evidence-based interventions and treatments, prioritizing care according to the patient’s condition, preferences, situation, and anticipated needs.
- Demonstrate compassion, acceptance, caring, and empathy toward patients and families.
- Document care plan components, modifications, interventions, expected outcomes, reassessments, patient and family participation and understanding, and reasons for care plan revisions.
- Communicate relevant information through handoffs across levels of care and organizations.
- Use teaching strategies suited to each patient’s condition and learning needs, supporting health promotion and self-management.
- Maintain a safe, clean, and organized environment for patients, families, and staff.
- Seek feedback on the effectiveness of care strategies, including through teach-back, and evaluate patient and family understanding and response to the plan of care.
- Maintain a professional, therapeutic nurse-patient relationship and advocate for patients and families, including supporting self-advocacy.
- Listen to patient-care concerns and practice issues, communicate them to appropriate healthcare team members, and document them promptly.
- Question healthcare practices when appropriate to promote safety and quality improvement; use available resources to support ethical decisions.
- Report observed illegal or incompetent practices and decisions by potentially impaired healthcare staff in accordance with organizational policy.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
