RN Endoscopy
About The Position
As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will deliver compassionate, high-quality, individualized care that supports patients’ well-being and recovery. The role includes assessing patients, performing skilled procedures, implementing and documenting care plans, and collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to promote optimal outcomes. The RN completes admission and ongoing assessments; provides care for patients’ physical, psychological, and spiritual needs; and alerts the doctor to assessment changes requiring attention. The RN plans, directs, evaluates, and documents patient care, education, and safe transitions of care, coordinating with clinical disciplines to address specialized care and discharge needs. The RN prepares patients for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies; monitors patient conditions and reports significant changes; follows patient safety initiatives and protocols; and reassesses patients after interventions, notifying physicians as needed and adjusting care to changing needs. The role also includes bedside shift reporting, delegation of tasks as appropriate, and maintaining a safe patient-care and work environment.
Requirements
- Associate's degree in Nursing, upon hire.
- At least one year of RN experience, upon hire.
- Registered Nurse licensure in Texas, upon hire.
- Basic Life Support (CPR), within 14 days.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within six months.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing, upon hire.
Responsibilities
- Complete admission and ongoing assessments of patients’ conditions and provide nursing care for their physical, psychological, and spiritual needs.
- Notify the doctor of assessment changes that require attention.
- Design, direct, evaluate, and document plans of care, patient and family teaching, and safe transition-of-care and discharge plans.
- Coordinate with other clinical disciplines to meet specialized patient-care and discharge needs.
- Prepare patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies.
- Monitor patient 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 when necessary, and adjust nursing care to meet changing needs.
- Give and receive bedside shift reports, including family participation, and provide accurate, comprehensive reports to support continuity of care.
- Delegate tasks as needed according to coworkers’ experience and abilities and patient acuity.
- Maintain a safe patient-care and work environment; promptly move used and soiled equipment and linen to appropriate locations.
- Incorporate national and organizational goals to improve quality, patient safety, and satisfaction, and immediately report patient safety and hazard concerns.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
