RN Med Surg - New Grads May Apply

HonorHealth•Phoenix, AZ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The RN provides professional nursing care guided by the ANA Standards for Professional Nursing Practice and Code of Ethics. The position involves assessing patients, developing and implementing individualized care plans, administering medications and treatments, monitoring and documenting patient status, and coordinating with physicians and other healthcare clinicians. The RN educates patients and families about illness management, recovery, and home care; directs and delegates appropriate care tasks to licensed practical nurses and nursing aides; and supports the development of colleagues and students through precepting and competency support. Nursing practice is theory-based and evidence-based, using a Shared Governance model. Nurses with direct responsibility for stroke patients must know stroke symptoms and warning signs, applicable protocols and pathways, NIHSS, stroke alert procedures, stroke quality indicators, and available patient education materials and community resources. The RN promotes safe, effective, culturally relevant, family-centered care and contributes to improved patient experience, clinical outcomes, and a healthy work environment.

Requirements

Associate degree or Diploma in Nursing required.
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.
Arizona or compact-state Registered Nurse licensure required upon hire.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification in training course C required; unit-specific certification may also be required.
All staff with direct responsibility for stroke patients must meet stroke-specific education requirements before starting.
One year of RN experience is required for Float positions.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
More than 10 months of experience in a medical-surgical or acute specialty setting.
National certification for the unit-specific patient population.

Responsibilities

Collect and prioritize ongoing health data, involving the patient’s family as appropriate, and use assessment findings to develop, implement, evaluate, and revise patient care plans.
Identify individualized expected outcomes and develop evidence-based plans that support continuity of care and reflect the patient’s condition, developmental stage, age, culture, and family needs.
Implement care-plan interventions, including treatments, medications, and emergency or resuscitative measures in accordance with standing orders, policies, and procedures.
Provide care addressing patients’ physical, emotional, spiritual, and social-cultural needs through a family-centered approach.
Evaluate patient progress, document observations and interventions, and assess the quality and effectiveness of care to support positive outcomes and cost-effective healthcare.
Evaluate personal nursing practice against professional standards, statutes, regulations, and applicable system and department policies; maintain current nursing knowledge.
Apply ethical principles and enhance knowledge of cultural and diversity needs.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members, patients, families, and other healthcare providers to assess, plan, deliver, and evaluate care.
Support professional development and quality practice through role modeling, peer collaboration, precepting, and mentoring.
Develop and evaluate evidence-based standards of care, identify opportunities to improve nursing practice, and support research integration and practice changes.
Use resources effectively and efficiently while considering safety, effectiveness, and cost in patient-care planning and delivery.
For direct care of stroke patients, maintain knowledge of stroke signs and symptoms, protocols, NIHSS, stroke alert procedures, quality indicators, and patient education and community resources.