RN - Medical /Surgical Unit (5J)

Montefiore New Rochelle•City of New Rochelle, NY

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse delivers nursing care by developing nursing diagnoses, establishing care objectives, defining interventions, and providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients and their families and friends. The nurse helps patients and caregivers understand conditions, medications, and self-care skills; monitors changing conditions and needs; and reevaluates care objectives. The role is on the MNR 5 Joyce unit at Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital in New Rochelle, New York. The schedule is a night shift, with varying nights, from 7:00 PM to 7:30 AM, for 11.5 scheduled hours per day. The position is represented by NYSNA and is not grant funded.

Requirements

Completion of a nursing program and an active nursing license; listed under the less-than-one-year qualification.
Experience working in a clinical environment; listed under the 1–3 years qualification.
New York Registered Nurse credential required.
Knowledge of patient rights and laws concerning those rights, such as HIPAA.
Ability to perform assessments and nursing functions acquired through basic nursing preparation.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to prepare comprehensive reports and effectively convey information to others.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide patient care by reviewing physician prescriptions, communicating the nursing care plan and relevant information to the healthcare team, coordinating with other providers, supporting patients and caregivers, and conferring with physicians.
Develop nursing care plans by obtaining medical histories, examining patients, documenting physical and psychological status and relevant social factors, consulting with family and friends, establishing nursing diagnoses and objectives, and defining interventions and schedules.
Teach patients, families, and friends about care goals, conditions, medications, and self-care; answer questions and provide information and resources.
Evaluate patient care against therapeutic standards and health outcomes; review records, note changing conditions and needs, reevaluate objectives, and modify care plans.
Maintain quality care in accordance with professional standards, organizational policies and procedures, applicable legal requirements, and JCAHO standards; foster cooperative relationships among healthcare team members.
Maintain a safe, secure, and healthy patient-care environment by following infection-control, medication administration and storage, controlled-substance, organizational, and legal requirements, and alerting others to potential concerns.
Document patient-care services in patient and department records.
Protect confidential information and caution others about potential breaches.
Maintain patient-care equipment by following operating procedures, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and requesting repairs.
Maintain patient-care supplies by checking stock, anticipating needs, ordering and expediting items, verifying receipt, and stocking supplies.
Improve nursing knowledge through educational workshops, professional publications, professional networks, benchmarking, and participation in professional societies.
Contribute to the success of nursing and the healthcare organization by responding to related, different, and new requests and helping others accomplish work results.