RN Float Pool PRN

HCA Healthcare • Alexandria, LA

3d

About The Position

The staff nurse leads the Nursing Care team and is ultimately responsible and accountable to the patient for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient-focused, outcome-oriented care. The nurse develops competencies to function safely in all areas of Medical/Surgical services. The nursing plan of care covers all age groups except infants.

The role includes assessing patients’ physical, nutritional, psychosocial, spiritual, emotional, cultural, educational, and rehabilitative needs; documenting identified problems; and communicating with physicians, case managers, and ancillary departments as appropriate. The nurse initiates and modifies standards of care, care plans, and interventions, and communicates them to patients and the healthcare team. The nurse provides patient and family education, coordinates care with the healthcare team, carries out and clarifies physicians’ orders, monitors patient responses and progress, and documents care in the clinical record.

The nurse must recognize and report changes in patient condition, abuse, adverse drug reactions, pain concerns, and transfusion reactions, and use appropriate interventions and reporting procedures. Patient care equipment must be used safely and efficiently, and standard infection-control precautions followed. The nurse is expected to meet job-performance goals and attend required educational programs and in-services.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse (RN) credential.
• Registered Nurse Diploma or Associate Degree.
• 1 year of experience required.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient-focused, outcome-oriented care.
• Assess patients’ physical, nutritional, psychosocial, spiritual, emotional, cultural, educational, and rehabilitative needs; document problems and communicate them to appropriate members of the healthcare team.
• Initiate, modify, and communicate appropriate standards of care, care plans, and interventions.
• Provide care appropriate to pediatric, child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric age groups.
• Provide patient and family health education that promotes healthy behaviors, supports recovery, and enables involvement in care decisions.
• Assess, reassess, evaluate, and document patient responses to interventions and progress toward desired outcomes.
• Coordinate patient care through collaboration and planning with other healthcare team members.
• Carry out physicians’ orders accurately and efficiently, clarifying them when necessary.
• Promptly communicate adverse or sudden changes in a patient’s condition to the physician, charge nurse, nursing supervisor, and/or family with specific and pertinent data.
• Identify potential or actual victims of abuse and follow proper reporting mechanisms.
• Recognize adverse drug reactions and follow proper reporting mechanisms.
• Assess patient pain and involve the patient in its effective management using appropriate interventions.
• Administer blood and blood products, monitor for transfusion reactions, and take appropriate measures when a reaction is recognized.
• Use patient care equipment safely and efficiently in accordance with hospital policies and procedures.
• Promote and follow standard precautions and infection-control principles in patient care.
• Achieve stated job-performance goals and attend required educational programs and in-services.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine services.
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
• Time-away-from-work programs, including paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence.
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay based on years of service, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling.
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
• Fertility and family-building benefits and adoption assistance.
• Life insurance and supplemental health protection plans.
• Auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree