RN - 5W Cardiac Progressive Care Unit - Sharp Grossmont Hospital - Nights - Full Time - May be eligible for New Hire Incentive

Sharp HealthCare•La Mesa, CA

23h•Onsite

About The Position

To provide direct and indirect nursing services to patients and families. This role involves utilizing the nursing process and critical thinking to provide individualized, goal-directed patient care consistent with current safety standards. The position requires active communication with the care team, problem-solving, and collaboration with patients, families, and other team members to develop comprehensive care plans. The RN will also act as a preceptor/teacher for other nurses and serves as a resource for managing unit-specific documentation issues. Additionally, the role involves establishing therapeutic relationships, providing age-appropriate patient education, and coordinating transfer and discharge planning. The RN will independently perform the nursing process for patients with overt and subtle needs and may assume responsibility as a relief charge nurse.

Requirements

Graduate of nursing school.
1 Year clinical experience (RNs with less than 12 months experience will complete the new grad requirements).
California Registered Nurse (RN) - CA Board of Registered Nursing -REQUIRED
AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED

Nice To Haves

RNs with less than 12 months experience will complete the new grad requirements.

Responsibilities

Provide direct and indirect nursing services to patients and families.
Utilize the nursing process and critical thinking to provide individualized, goal-directed patient care.
Focus on and manage multiple patient needs and aspects of care.
Actively communicate with the care team to plan patient care.
Utilize available resources to problem-solve and determine the most effective approach to action.
Identify actual/potential problems for which the patient is at risk.
Continuously evaluate interventions and care, adjusting the plan as patient and family needs change.
Identify the need for referrals based on initial and ongoing assessments and evaluation.
Collaborate with patient, family, and other team members to develop a comprehensive plan of care.
Prioritize demand for resources and collaborate with others to meet individualized patient needs.
Act as a preceptor/teacher in guiding other nurses on how to apply the nursing process.
Make appropriate referrals based on information obtained in initial and ongoing assessments and evaluation.
Implement safe, therapeutic, and efficient care for patients with complex needs.
Demonstrate accountability for achieving patient outcomes.
Quickly recognize a patient diagnosis even though presenting symptoms or situations may be dissimilar.
Document per department/entity guidelines of care and policies and procedures.
Serve as a resource for other staff in managing unit-specific documentation issues.
Delegate/assign and communicate expectations for care delivery processes to each member of the team.
Assess appropriateness of physician orders and question physicians when appropriate.
Help coworkers improve performance, offer assistance and support, and provide positive feedback.
Provide unit-specific information to students, floats, travelers/registry personnel and document appropriately.
Provide incidental teaching to members of the team.
Look for and apply ways to improve work processes and systems.
Offer and accept constructive feedback/criticism.
Seek out opportunities to assist and support coworkers.
Establish a therapeutic relationship with patient and family.
Anticipate problems in establishing/maintaining a therapeutic relationship and take actions to enhance quality of interaction.
Analyze social/cultural variables and adapt nursing interventions to meet diverse needs.
Serve as a patient advocate.
Provide age-appropriate patient education.
Coordinate transfer and discharge planning and teaching in collaboration with other members of the health care team.
Collaborate with other team members to identify, develop and/or revise patient education materials.
Demonstrate flexibility to teaching based on assessment of learner's needs and integration of adult learning principles.
Perform safe nursing care for patients in more complex situations with some assistance and supervision.
Coordinate patient care administered by other members of the care team.
May assume the responsibility of relief charge nurse and may assist with preceptorship/professional development of new nurses and students.
Use common equipment and medications safely and consult others when unfamiliar.
Recognize inconsistencies in patient care and manage potential complications.
Demonstrate consistent organization and prioritization of workload; confident management of emergency situations.
Participate in quality improvement initiatives.
Comply with all regulatory and accreditation standards.
Demonstrate professional behavior through participation in unit activities and committees as appropriate.
Teach skills as necessary.
Coordinate patient care administered by other members of the nursing staff.
Utilize a variety of teaching/coaching strategies to assist family through disease process/experience.
Promote clinical effectiveness, efficient use of resources, and quality care in practice setting.
Transfer knowledge and mentor others to improve clinical practice.
Demonstrate complex problem solving and the use of critical thinking skills.