RN - Medical /Surgical (5J)
About The Position
The RN - Medical /Surgical delivers nursing care by developing nursing diagnoses, establishing care objectives, defining nursing interventions, and providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients and their families and friends. The role educates patients and caregivers about conditions, medications, and self-care, monitors changing conditions and needs, and reevaluates care objectives. The nurse coordinates care with physicians and other healthcare providers, develops and modifies care plans, documents services, and evaluates outcomes against therapeutic standards. The role also supports a safe and healthy care environment, maintains patient confidentiality, ensures patient-care equipment and supplies are ready, and keeps nursing knowledge current through professional education and activities.
Requirements
- Associate degree required.
- Completion of a nursing program and an active license; the posting lists this qualification with less than one year.
- Registered Nurse license in New York required.
- Experience working in a clinical environment; the posting lists 1–3 years.
- Knowledge of patient rights and laws related to those rights, including HIPAA.
- Ability to perform assessments and nursing functions acquired through a basic nursing preparation program.
- 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
- Review physician prescriptions, communicate the nursing care plan and pertinent information to the healthcare team, coordinate with other providers, support patients and families, and confer with physicians.
- Obtain medical histories; examine patients; document physical condition, psychological status, and relevant social factors; consult with family and friends; and develop nursing diagnoses, objectives, interventions, schedules, and timetables.
- Establish patient-care goals and instruct patients, families, and friends about conditions, medications, and self-care; answer questions and provide information and resources.
- Evaluate patient care against therapeutic standards, review records, identify changing conditions and needs, reevaluate objectives, and modify nursing care plans.
- Adhere to professional standards, organizational policies and procedures, applicable requirements, and JCAHO standards while maintaining cooperative relationships with healthcare team members.
- Maintain a safe patient-care environment by following infection-control, medication administration and storage, controlled-substance, organizational, and legal requirements, and alert 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 issues, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and requesting repairs.
- Check and stock patient-care supplies, anticipate needs, place and expedite orders, and verify receipt.
- Improve nursing knowledge through educational workshops, professional publications, networking, benchmarking practices, and participation in professional societies.
- Help colleagues accomplish work results and contribute to the success of the nursing and healthcare organization.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
