Registered Nurse

REGIONAL ONE HEALTH•Memphis, TN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care to patients in the assigned area, using the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care. This position is in the Rout Neonatal ICU in Memphis, Tennessee, and is a full-time night-shift role. The nurse assesses patient needs and conditions, collects information from patients, families, laboratories, and medical reports, determines nursing diagnoses and care priorities, and completes ongoing assessments. The nurse plans and provides therapeutic interventions in accordance with physician orders, applicable standards of care, unit policies, demonstrated competencies, and patient safety and infection-control practices. Care may include examinations and procedures, medication and treatment administration, monitoring patient responses, pain control, patient education, referrals, and emergency response. The Registered Nurse documents assessments, interventions, patient responses, and progress in medical records and uses patient computer systems to enter and retrieve data. The role involves collaboration with patients, families, hospital staff, and, when applicable, forensic and security teams. The nurse may instruct and supervise LPNs and support personnel, assist with orientation and supervision of new staff and students, and transport monitored patients, specimens, equipment, and supplies. The position also includes required training, competency maintenance, staff meetings, continuing education, and participation in unit and organizational performance-improvement activities. The nurse maintains a clean, orderly, and safe environment and follows compliance, quality-improvement, safety, environmental, and infection-control standards.

Requirements

Graduate of an approved nursing school or program.
RN—Registered Nurse state licensure and/or compact state licensure to work in Tennessee, required upon hire.
BCLS—Basic Life Support, required upon hire.
Experience caring for patients in an inpatient setting.
Qualified by education, training, or experience to work with school-age, adolescent, adult, and/or geriatric patients as dictated by specialty assignment.
Ability to meet the physical demands listed in the posting, including frequent standing and walking, frequent lifting and carrying, and the specified other physical activities.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

Assess patients based on presenting problems or needs, medical diagnoses, and functional health information; collect relevant information from patients, families, laboratories, and medical reports.
Verify required treatment or procedure consents and patient-identification procedures.
Determine nursing diagnoses and priorities for care, including patient teaching, discharge planning, and growth and development needs.
Complete ongoing assessments, reprioritize care based on new information, update nursing diagnoses, and involve family or significant others as appropriate.
Assess, plan, and implement care for assigned patients and perform therapeutic nursing interventions as ordered by the physician and consistent with applicable standards, policies, competencies, and safety practices.
Complete history and physical assessments; administer medications, treatments, and immunizations; prepare and position patients for examinations and procedures; assist during procedures; and provide pain-control interventions.
Monitor patient responses during treatment or procedures, including temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and respiration, and initiate corrective action when monitoring or life-support equipment indicates adverse symptoms.
Coordinate patient referrals and provide patient and family education about diseases and conditions; develop and implement patient-teaching outlines and evaluate progress.
Document assessment findings, clinical priorities, nursing interventions, patient responses, and progress toward outcomes; maintain medical records and use patient computer systems to enter and retrieve data.
Respond to or participate in medical emergencies and initiate or assist with CPR/BLS as required.
Collaborate courteously with patients, families, and hospital staff regarding patient needs, consistent with iRESPECT Standards and patient/customer satisfaction expectations.
Instruct, assign, and supervise LPNs and other support personnel; assist with orientation and supervision of new staff and students involved in patient care.
Transport monitored patients, specimens, equipment, and supplies between areas.
Collaborate with the forensic team and security to provide a safe environment for patients in custody.
Complete required training and education, attend staff meetings and mandatory in-services, and maintain position competencies.
Contribute to unit-based scope-of-care review and clinical review activities; assist with developing indicators, thresholds, study methods, and data collection as assigned.
Respond to opportunities to improve care and participate in organizational performance-improvement initiatives.
Maintain a clean, orderly, and safe environment and follow policies and compliance, quality-improvement, safety, environmental, and infection-control standards.
Prepare and maintain required administrative and compliance records, reports, and files.