RN Surgical Short Stay Unit PRN Nights

Trinity Health•Boise, ID

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Saint Alphonsus Health System is seeking a PRN RN for their Surgical Short Stay unit. This role involves providing professional nursing care in collaboration with the healthcare team, including ongoing assessment, planning, and treatment of patients and families. The RN will maintain accurate documentation, serve as a patient advocate, and perform duties such as delegation, assessment, care planning, and patient/family education. The position requires competent judgment, decision-making, implementation of nursing interventions, delegation of responsibilities, and administration of medications and treatments.

Requirements

A current RN license is required.
Multistate licenses must establish residency with the Idaho Board of Nursing within 60 days from hire.
At hire, Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross is required.
ACLS within 6 months, PALS within 12 months of hire.

Nice To Haves

ACLS and/or PALS may be accepted in lieu of BLS.

Responsibilities

Provides professional nursing care in collaboration with members of the health care team in the ongoing assessment, planning and treatment of patients and families.
Maintains accurate and complete documentation of nursing services.
Serves as a patient advocate.
Works and serves in a broad range of capacities including, but not limited to, delegation, assessment, planning of care and treatment, teaching of the patient and the patient’s family.
Exercises competency in judgment, decision-making, implementation of nursing intervention, delegation of function or responsibility, and administration of medications and treatments prescribed by legally authorized persons.
Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Organization's Mission, Vision, and Values in behaviors, practices, and decisions.
Demonstrates knowledge and skills to competently care for all assigned age groups (Neonate, Child, Adolescent, Adult, and Geriatric as applicable).
Ensures the accuracy of documenting services and supplies provided to the patients.
Demonstrates compliance with hospital safety policies and procedures.
Performs and documents comprehensive physical and psychosocial assessments.
Educates patient based on assessment of needs.
Develops, implements and evaluates a plan of care based on patient's needs.
Communicates patient's current status and plan of care to other caregivers (verbally and in writing).
Prepares, gives and evaluates the effectiveness of medications.
Demonstrates safe operation of patient care equipment.
Advocates for the rights of patients.
Provides nursing measures to alleviate or reduce pain.
Demonstrates therapeutic communication.
Establishes therapeutic and professional boundaries.
Integrates knowledge, experience, professional standards and hospital policies into nursing practice.
Meets unit specific technical skills.
Practices with the rules and regulations defined by the Idaho State Board of Nursing.