RN Intermediate Care Unit
About The Position
The RN provides professional nursing care guided by the ANA Standards of Professional Nursing Practice and Code of Ethics. The role involves caring for the patient population served, assessing and documenting patients’ health data, developing and implementing individualized care plans, administering medications and treatments, monitoring patient status, and collaborating with physicians and other healthcare clinicians. The RN educates patients and families about illness management, post-treatment and home care, nutrition, exercise, and self-administration of medications and therapies. The RN also provides direction to licensed practical nurses and nursing aides, delegates appropriately, supports staff and student competency development, and may precept new hires and students. The RN delivers family-centered, developmentally appropriate, culturally relevant care and evaluates patient progress and the quality and effectiveness of care. The position applies evidence-based nursing practice, ethical principles, safety, and effective resource use; collaborates with patients, families, peers, and multidisciplinary teams; and contributes to professional development and the improvement of nursing practice and patient outcomes.
Requirements
- Associate degree or diploma in nursing.
- All diploma and ADN hires must complete a BSN within 60 months of hire or have at least five years of Registered Nurse experience at the time of hire; experience may be in direct patient care or indirect RN roles.
- More than 10 months of experience in a medical-surgical or acute specialty setting.
- Current Arizona nursing license or compact-state licensure upon hire; Arizona licensure must be obtained within 60 days of hire.
- Basic Life Support certification in training course C, and unit-specific certification as required by the specialty area's DOP, upon hire.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
- National certification for the unit-specific patient population.
Responsibilities
- Collect and prioritize patient health data systematically, involving the patient’s family as appropriate.
- Analyze assessment data, determine nursing diagnoses, and develop, implement, evaluate, and revise individualized plans of care.
- Identify patient-specific expected outcomes and deliver family-centered, developmentally appropriate, culturally relevant nursing care.
- Initiate treatments, medications, and emergency or resuscitative measures in accordance with standing orders, policies, and procedures.
- Administer and monitor medications, IV lines, therapies, and treatments; observe patients and document relevant clinical data.
- Evaluate patient progress toward expected outcomes and assess the quality and effectiveness of the care plan.
- Educate patients and families about illness or injury management, post-treatment and home care, diet, nutrition, exercise, and self-administration of medication and therapy.
- Provide direction to licensed practical nurses and nursing aides and delegate care appropriately.
- Collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and multidisciplinary healthcare providers in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care.
- Precept new hires and students, support competency development, and contribute to the professional development of peers and other healthcare providers.
- Evaluate nursing practice against professional standards, statutes, regulations, and system and department policies.
- Use evidence-based research to develop or improve standards of care, nursing practice, and patient outcomes.
- Apply ethical principles, cultural and diversity awareness, and effective use of resources in nursing practice.
Benefits
- Sign-on bonus available up to $10,000.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
