RN L&D

HonorHealth • Scottsdale, AZ

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The RN provides professional nursing care guided by ANA standards and the Code of Ethics, applying nursing principles and procedures to the Labor & Delivery patient population. The role includes gathering and documenting patient health information, analyzing assessment data, developing and implementing individualized, family-centered plans of care, administering treatments and medications, monitoring patients, and evaluating progress toward expected outcomes. The RN collaborates with physicians, patients, families, and multidisciplinary healthcare providers to support safe, effective, evidence-based care and continuity of care.

The RN educates patients and families about illness or injury management, post-treatment and home care, nutrition, exercise, and self-administration of medications and therapies. The RN provides direction to licensed practical nurses and nursing aides and delegates appropriately. The position also supports professional development by precepting new hires and students, helping them complete competency tasks, maintaining nursing knowledge and skills, and contributing to quality improvement and evidence-based nursing practice.

Requirements

• At least 1 year of Labor & Delivery experience.
• Associate degree or diploma in nursing.
• For diploma and ADN hires: complete a BSN within 60 months of hire, or have at least 5 years of Registered Nurse experience at the time of hire, including 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 (BLS) certification in training course C, and unit-specific certification as required by the specialty area.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• National certification for the unit-specific patient population.

Responsibilities

• Collect patient health data systematically and continuously, prioritizing assessment according to the patient’s immediate condition or needs and involving the family.
• Analyze assessment data to determine diagnoses and develop, implement, evaluate, and revise appropriate patient plans of care.
• Identify individualized expected outcomes and develop family-centered, developmentally appropriate, culturally relevant plans of care based on current evidence and practice.
• Implement care-plan interventions and initiate treatments, medications, and emergency or resuscitative measures in accordance with standing orders, policies, and procedures.
• Provide nursing care that addresses patients’ and families’ physical, emotional, spiritual, and social-cultural needs.
• Evaluate patients’ progress toward expected outcomes and the quality and effectiveness of care plans.
• Document observations, nursing interventions, therapeutic measures, monitoring data, and other information relevant to patient care in a retrievable form.
• Teach patients and families about illness or injury management, post-treatment and home care, diet, nutrition, exercise, and self-administration of medications and therapies.
• Direct licensed practical nurses and nursing aides regarding patient care and delegate tasks when appropriate.
• Evaluate personal nursing practice against professional standards, applicable statutes and regulations, and system and department policies; maintain current nursing knowledge.
• Integrate ethical principles into practice and enhance knowledge of the cultural and diversity needs of specific populations.
• Collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and multidisciplinary healthcare providers in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care.
• Contribute to the professional development of peers and healthcare providers through role modeling and participation in preceptor or mentor programs.
• Precept new hires and students and assist them in completing competency tasks.
• Develop and evaluate evidence-based standards of care and identify and facilitate changes in nursing practice.
• Participate in and use evidence-based research to identify strategies for improving nursing practice and patient outcomes.
• Use resources effectively and efficiently while considering safety, effectiveness, and cost in planning and delivering care.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus available up to $10,000.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree