RN-SURGERY

Methodist Hospitals•Merrillville, IN

About The Position

The RN promotes and restores patients’ health by completing the nursing process, collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members, providing physical and psychological support to patients and their families, supervising assigned team members, and using evidence-based practice. The role fosters cooperative relationships among healthcare teams through communication, responsiveness, rapport-building, and team problem-solving. It also establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support in accordance with the organization’s mission and exemplifying the INURSE values: integrity, nursing excellence, unity, respect, scholar, and evidence-based practice. The position contributes to department operations by maintaining equipment and inventories, completing preventive maintenance requirements, following manufacturers’ instructions, troubleshooting malfunctions, requesting repairs, evaluating new equipment and techniques, and maintaining nursing supplies. The RN administers medications, assesses and documents patients’ physical and mental status, identifies care requirements, supports patient independence through education and goal-setting, and assures quality and safety of care. The role also protects confidentiality, maintains continuity of care through electronic medical record documentation and communication, keeps professional knowledge current, completes annual competency and regulatory education, and contributes to team outcomes measured by Press Ganey/HCAPS, AIDET, and Model of Care and Conduct.

Requirements

Licensed Registered Nurse.
College diploma in Nursing required.
Certified Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation.
ED/ICU requirement: ACLS.
Med-Surg areas requirement: BLS.
Thorough knowledge of a variety of medical equipment.
Excellent oral and written communication skills and critical thinking skills.
Ability to administer medications according to policy and procedure.
Ability to follow National Patient Safety Goals.
Ability to interpret laboratory and diagnostic results in relation to patient status.
Ability to communicate with all disciplines using SBAR.
Ability to multitask.
Courteous, kind, caring, compassionate, and positive attitude and support for the organization.
Clinical skills, bedside manner, infection control, nursing skills, physiological knowledge, medication administration, medical teamwork, listening, verbal communication, and health promotion and maintenance.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

Administer medications within the scope of practice and in accordance with hospital policies and procedures.
Assess, evaluate, interpret, and document patients’ physical and mental status.
Build rapport with patients and significant others to identify care requirements and resolve patient problems through multidisciplinary teams.
Promote patient independence by establishing care goals and teaching patients and significant others about conditions, medications, and self-care skills; answer questions.
Assure quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring outcomes against care goals and standards, recommending or making adjustments, and following applicable nursing standards and regulations.
Maintain a safe and clean work environment, follow procedures and protocols, and seek assistance from healthcare support personnel as needed.
Protect patient confidence and operational integrity by maintaining confidentiality and documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs in the electronic medical record.
Maintain professional and technical knowledge through educational workshops, professional publications, personal networks, and professional societies.
Complete annual competency and regulatory education.
Contribute to team outcomes measured by Press Ganey/HCAPS, AIDET, and Model of Care and Conduct.
Maintain equipment and supplies, complete preventive maintenance, troubleshoot malfunctions, request repairs, maintain inventories, and evaluate new equipment and techniques.