RN Acute Care Neuro Trauma
About The Position
The RN works on the 5th Floor Acute Care Neuro Trauma Unit at St. Anthony Hospital, a 36-bed unit specializing in neuro, trauma, and orthopedic care. The unit serves patients across age groups, usually age 16 and older, and occasionally cares for general medical-surgical overflow patients. St. Anthony Hospital is a Level I Trauma Center in Lakewood, Colorado, and provides a broad range of medical specialties and services. The RN facilitates communication and collaboration among the healthcare team, patients, and families to address patients’ physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. The role promotes patient health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process, compliance with patient-care standards and the State Nurse Practice Act, and accountable, relationship-based care.
Requirements
- Associate degree in Nursing, nursing diploma, or RN license by endorsement.
- RN license in the state of employment.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
- One year of experience.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interviews, and review of medical records and clinical data.
- Evaluate patient responses and intervene to support optimal outcomes.
- Develop and implement patient plans of care, observe outcomes, and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team.
- Perform therapeutic and diagnostic interventions, including IVs, incision and wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collection.
- Maintain patient charts and records thoroughly and confidentially.
- Document patient status, interventions, responses, and outcomes accurately and promptly.
- Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate errors, and support decision-making.
- Promote, advocate for, and collaborate to protect each patient’s health, safety, and rights.
- Assess patient and family learning readiness, needs, and abilities; provide education and evaluate its effectiveness.
Benefits
- $20,000 sign-on bonus, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Up to $8,000 relocation assistance for eligible new hires.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Education Level
Associate degree
