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About The Position
As a Registered Nurse, you will deliver compassionate, high-quality, individualized care and contribute to patients' well-being and recovery. You will perform assessments and skilled procedures, implement and evaluate patient care plans, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to support optimal outcomes. The role calls for sound assessment and critical-thinking skills, a patient-first mindset, urgency, and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment. Responsibilities include assessing patients on admission and throughout their care; providing for physical, psychological, and spiritual needs; planning and documenting care, patient and family teaching, and safe transitions and discharge; preparing patients for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies; implementing safety protocols; monitoring and reporting changes in condition; reassessing and adjusting care; and providing and receiving shift reports to ensure continuity. The nurse also helps maintain a safe patient-care and work environment and reports safety and hazard concerns.
Requirements
- Associate degree in Nursing.
- One year of RN experience.
- Demonstrated competence in Registered Nurse I performance expectations or meeting experience requirements upon hire.
- Texas Registered Nurse license upon hire.
- Basic Life Support (CPR) certification within 14 days.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Nursing.
Responsibilities
- Conduct admission and ongoing assessments of patients and provide nursing care that addresses their physical, psychological, and spiritual needs.
- Notify the physician of assessment changes that require attention.
- Design, direct, evaluate, and document the plan of care, patient and family teaching, and transition-of-care plans, including safe and appropriate discharge planning.
- Collaborate with other clinical disciplines to address specialized care and discharge needs.
- Develop individualized plans of care and daily goals.
- Prepare patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies.
- Know patients' conditions and report significant changes to the Charge Nurse/Team Leader and/or physician.
- Implement patient-safety initiatives and protocols, including medication safety practices, physician orders, and consult notifications.
- Reassess patients at appropriate intervals after interventions, notify physicians as necessary, and adjust care to meet changing needs.
- Give and receive Bedside Shift Reports, including family participation, and provide accurate, comprehensive reports to support continuity of care.
- Receive reports from the off-going shift and delegate tasks as needed based on coworkers' experience and abilities and patient acuity.
- Maintain a safe patient-care and work environment, promptly move used or soiled equipment and linen to appropriate locations, and report safety and hazard concerns immediately.
- Incorporate national and organizational goals to improve quality, patient safety, and satisfaction.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
