Registered Nurse (RN) - L&D full-time nights

REGIONAL ONE HEALTH•Memphis, TN

13d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care to patients in assigned areas, using the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care. The role is based in Labor and Delivery in Memphis, Tennessee, and is full-time on the night shift. The nurse delivers care according to medical regimens, patient condition, applicable standards, policies, procedures, and unit-specific competencies, with attention to patient safety, infection control, and risk management. The nurse performs initial and ongoing assessments; establishes and updates nursing diagnoses and priorities; plans and implements therapeutic interventions; administers medications, treatments, and immunizations; assists with examinations and procedures; monitors patient responses; provides patient and family education; and documents care and outcomes. The role also involves responding to emergencies, collaborating with patients, families, hospital staff, forensic personnel, and security, and assigning or supervising support personnel and learners. The nurse participates in training, competency maintenance, quality and performance improvement, and efforts to maintain a safe and orderly environment.

Requirements

Graduate of an approved nursing school or program.
Registered Nurse state licensure and/or compact state licensure to work in Tennessee, required upon hire.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, required upon hire.
Experience caring for patients in an inpatient setting.
Qualified through education, training, or experience to work with school-age, adolescent, adult, and/or geriatric patients as the specialty assignment requires.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide professional nursing care according to the medical regimen, patient condition, applicable standards, policies, procedures, and demonstrated competencies.
Conduct initial and ongoing patient assessments, collect relevant information, and update nursing diagnoses and priorities as conditions or needs change.
Plan and implement care, including therapeutic nursing interventions ordered by physicians and interventions appropriate to the patient's assessed needs.
Complete histories and physical assessments; administer medications, treatments, and immunizations; prepare and position patients for examinations or procedures; assist during procedures; and provide pain-control interventions.
Monitor patient responses, including vital signs, and initiate corrective action when monitoring or life-support equipment indicates adverse symptoms.
Coordinate referrals and involve patients' families or other significant individuals in assessment and care as appropriate.
Document assessments, clinical priorities, interventions, patient responses, progress toward outcomes, patient status, and care provided; maintain medical records and other required records, reports, and files.
Provide education to patients and families about diseases or conditions, and develop and implement patient teaching outlines with objectives, content, strategies, and evaluation of progress.
Respond to or participate in medical emergencies and initiate or assist with CPR/BLS as required.
Collaborate with patients, families, hospital staff, and other relevant teams regarding patient needs in a courteous, customer-responsive manner; collaborate with the forensic team and security to support a safe environment for patients in custody.
Provide instruction to, assign, and supervise LPNs and other support personnel; assist with orientation and oversee new staff members and students providing care as part of their training.
Transport monitored patients, specimens, equipment, and supplies between areas.
Complete required training and education, attend staff meetings and mandatory in-services, and maintain required position competencies.
Contribute to unit-based scope and clinical review activities, including developing indicators, thresholds, study methods, and data collection as assigned.
Participate in organizational performance-improvement initiatives and respond to opportunities to improve care.
Maintain a clean, orderly, and safe environment and follow compliance, quality-improvement, safety, environmental, and infection-control standards.