Registered Nurse

Brown Medicine•Newport Beach, CA

3d•$36 - $71•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works in Adult Behavioral Health under the general supervision of the Nurse Manager or designee, and in accordance with hospital and departmental policies and procedures. The nurse advocates for patients through application of the nursing process and performs essential functions with consideration of patients’ age-specific needs. Employees are expected to model Brown University Health’s values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence, and demonstrate the core Success Factors of instilling trust, valuing differences, focusing on patients and the community, and collaborating. The role includes assessing patients, planning and implementing individualized care, evaluating outcomes, documenting assessments and interventions, responding to emergencies, and collaborating with the health team. The nurse maintains professional competence and knowledge of applicable nursing practice and hospital procedures, contributes to quality and safety activities, and may provide functional guidance to other nursing personnel or assume shift-charge responsibilities on an assigned unit.

Requirements

Registered Nurse licensure in Rhode Island, or RN licensure under the Nurse Licensure Compact agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.
Graduation from an accredited school of nursing; an associate’s degree in nursing is required.
Current American Heart Association BLS Certification.
Conformity to the Code of Professional Nurses and understanding of the Rhode Island Nurse Practice Act.
Knowledge and skills to provide care throughout the life span, considering aging processes, human development stages, and cultural diversity.
Registered nurses should develop general proficiency as a staff nurse within three months of employment.
Ability to meet physical requirements including prolonged standing and walking, exposure to all patient elements, and repeated bending, squatting, lifting, and stooping.

Nice To Haves

A baccalaureate degree in nursing is preferred.
For a specialty unit, general nursing experience appropriate to the specialty is preferred.

Responsibilities

Recognize and report deviations from patient or established norms, including deviations unrelated to the patient’s chief complaint; report responses to treatment and document nursing interventions.
Provide comfort and support, encourage patient and family participation in achieving optimal functioning and activities of daily living, prioritize patient assignments, and seek guidance or resources when needed.
Identify and assess emergency situations, initiate appropriate responses and interventions, and plan for potential needs during emergencies.
Define nursing diagnoses and expected patient outcomes; modify the nursing plan of care as appropriate and document assessments, interventions, and outcomes.
Implement nursing interventions, evaluate outcomes, and modify the plan of care as needed, with documentation.
Maintain knowledge of contemporary professional nursing practice within the Rhode Island Nurse Practice Act and attend training or retraining as needed to remain current with hospital and patient-care practices and procedures.
Use established protocols and collaborate with the health team to facilitate therapeutic interventions and desired patient outcomes.
Participate in quality improvement and risk management activities and attend unit-based or hospital meetings to support patient care management.
Function cooperatively and productively in the work environment.
Integrate physical and nursing assessments and record reviews to develop a comprehensive, individualized plan of care.
Follow documentation guidelines and maintain quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection-control standards and a safe environment for patients, visitors, and staff.
Maintain and advance clinical and professional competency through self-direction.
Provide care across the life span, considering aging processes, human development stages, and cultural patterns.
Provide functional guidance and direction to LPNs, CNAs, and other licensed personnel as required.
May assume shift-charge responsibility, oversee unit activities, delegate work equitably, make bed and patient assignments, and assign primary patients to staff.