Registered Nurse-Staff-Pnr-Acute Care

TriHealth•Cincinnati, OH

14h

About The Position

This position applies the nursing process to provide direct and indirect holistic care to patients and their families, and collaborates collegially with physicians and other health care team members to meet patient needs. The nurse may delegate aspects of care to people under their direct supervision, within the scope of nursing practice. This role is for newly licensed RNs in specialty areas who are enrolled in and required to complete the First Year Experience Program; RNs with less than one year of full-time acute care RN experience before entering their RN role at TriHealth; or RNs with less than two years of part-time acute care RN experience before entering their RN role at TriHealth. Upon completing all First Year Experience program requirements, the nurse will move to the Registered Nurse - Staff position. The role includes assessment, care planning, intervention, and evaluation; patient and family education; collaboration with the health care team; and supervision of delegated care. Nurses are encouraged to pursue continuing and formal education, specialty certification, professional organization membership, community health activities, nursing research, evidence-based practice, and collaborative relationships with colleagues and other caregivers. TriHealth team members are expected to follow the SERVE standards and ALWAYS behaviors, including serving patients and communities, improving quality and safety, respecting individual differences, using resources responsibly, and showing courtesy and compassion.

Requirements

Associate's Degree or Diploma in Nursing.
Up to 1 year of clinical nursing experience.
Complete all elements of the First Year Experience Program within 1 year.
Knowledge, judgment, and skills derived from biological, physical, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences to meet complex health care needs at different stages of the life cycle.

Nice To Haves

Membership in a related professional organization is preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform initial and ongoing assessments of patients and families, complete the initial assessment tool, and document ongoing assessments according to unit and TriHealth guidelines.
Communicate assessment findings to other health care providers and include health counseling and teaching needs in assessments.
Plan care for patients and families based on assessments, standards of care, and optimal patient-specific outcomes.
Initiate and individualize patient care guidelines, plans of care, or clinical pathways, and update them as patient and family input and health care needs change.
Provide a safe, therapeutic environment while maintaining patient autonomy, dignity, and rights and respecting patient diversity.
Communicate the plan of care and develop short- and long-term goals with patients, families, and the health care team, including discharge planning.
Balance patient needs with unit and facility priorities, seek resources for ethical decisions, and recognize and respond appropriately to emergencies.
Complete patient assignments and documentation within scheduled timeframes.
Base interventions on clinical data and desired outcomes, and document interventions accordingly.
Train and educate other staff and serve as an expert resource in the specialty area through existing and developing knowledge and skills.
Communicate effectively and understand and carry out physician orders.
Evaluate the plan of care against optimal patient-specific outcomes and document patient and family responses to care, including teaching.
Collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and other health care team members to revise plans of care as needed.
Supervise care delegated to other health care team members.
Identify areas for self-improvement, maintain current practice knowledge, and demonstrate knowledge of organizational and departmental changes.
Function in a relief charge or resource role when requested.
Cooperate with instructors to facilitate effective learning experiences for students.
Demonstrate TriHealth SERVE standards and ALWAYS behaviors in interactions with patients, guests, team members, and the community.