Registered Nurse HonorHealth Cancer Care Shea

HonorHealth•Scottsdale, AZ

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides professional nursing care guided by the ANA Standards for Professional Nursing Practice and Code of Ethics. The role includes assessing patients, establishing or contributing to individualized care plans, providing and evaluating interventions, documenting patient status and care, and collaborating with physicians and other healthcare clinicians. The RN educates patients and families about illnesses, injuries, treatment, and home-care needs, and provides direction to licensed practical nurses and nursing aides, delegating when appropriate. The RN also supports clinical learning by precepting new staff and students and helping them complete competency requirements. The RN delivers family-centered, developmentally appropriate, and culturally relevant care. The position applies evidence-based practices, ethical principles, and available resources to promote safe, effective, high-quality, and cost-conscious care. The RN collaborates with patients, families, peers, and multidisciplinary teams, contributes to professional development, and participates in evaluating and improving standards and nursing practice.

Requirements

Associate degree or diploma in nursing required before starting.
Diploma- and ADN-prepared hires must complete a BSN within 60 months of hire, unless they have at least five years of Registered Nurse experience at the time of hire; this experience may be in direct patient care or indirect RN roles.
More than 10 months of med-surg or acute specialty setting experience required.
Current Arizona nursing license or compact-state licensure upon hire; Arizona licensure must be obtained within 60 days of hire.
BLS certification in training course C upon hire, with unit-specific certification as required by the specialty area's DOP.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
National certification for the unit-specific patient population preferred.
One year of RN experience required for float positions.

Responsibilities

Collect and analyze health data systematically, prioritizing assessments according to the patient’s immediate condition or needs and involving the family.
Use nursing diagnoses and assessment findings to develop, implement, evaluate, and revise individualized plans of care.
Identify patient-specific expected outcomes and develop evidence-based plans that support continuity of care.
Implement care-plan interventions, including treatments, medications, and emergency or resuscitative measures in accordance with standing orders, policies, and procedures.
Provide care addressing patients’ physical, emotional, spiritual, and social-cultural needs using a family-centered approach.
Evaluate patient progress, document observations and interventions, and assess the quality and effectiveness of care plans.
Evaluate nursing practice against professional standards, applicable laws and regulations, and system and department policies; maintain current nursing knowledge.
Integrate ethical principles and develop knowledge of cultural and diversity needs.
Collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and multidisciplinary healthcare team members in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care.
Contribute to professional development and serve as a positive role model; precept or mentor peers, new hires, and students as appropriate.
Develop and evaluate evidence-based standards of care and use research and evaluation to identify and implement improvements to nursing practice and patient outcomes.
Use resources effectively and efficiently while considering patient safety, care effectiveness, and cost.
Teach patients and families about illness or injury management, post-treatment and home-care needs, diet, nutrition, exercise, and self-administration of medications and therapies.
Provide direction to licensed practical nurses and nursing aides regarding patient care and delegate when appropriate.