RN Telemetry Oncology- New Grads May Apply

HonorHealth•Phoenix, AZ

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides professional nursing care guided by the ANA Standards for Professional Nursing Practice and Code of Ethics. The RN assesses patients, establishes or contributes to individualized care plans, delivers and evaluates nursing interventions, documents care, and collaborates with physicians and other healthcare clinicians. Care is evidence-based, family-centered, developmentally and age-appropriate, and culturally relevant. The RN educates patients and families about illnesses or injuries, post-treatment and home care, diet, nutrition, exercise, and self-administration of medications and therapies. The RN may direct and delegate care to licensed practical nurses and nursing aides, precept new hires and students, and support staff competency development. Nursing practice uses a Shared Governance model. RNs caring directly for stroke patients must know stroke symptoms and warning signs, identification and management protocols, NIHSS, Stroke Alert procedures, quality indicators, and available patient education materials and community resources. The position is in the Telemetry Unit-4E/W-Cardiac Oncology at John C. Lincoln, 250 E Dunlap Ave, Phoenix, Arizona. The listed shift is nights. New graduates may apply.

Requirements

Associate degree or diploma in nursing.
All diploma and ADN hires must complete a BSN within 60 months of hire, unless they have at least five years of Registered Nurse experience at the time of hire; experience may be in direct patient care or indirect RN roles.
Arizona state or compact-state Registered Nurse licensure upon hire.
Basic Life Support certification in training course C, and unit-specific certification as required by the specialty-area DOP.
New graduates may apply.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
>10 months of experience in a med-surg or acute specialty setting.
National certification for the unit-specific patient population.

Responsibilities

Collect and prioritize health data systematically, involving the patient’s family as appropriate.
Analyze assessment data and develop, implement, evaluate, and revise individualized nursing diagnoses and plans of care.
Identify patient-specific expected outcomes and create evidence-based plans that provide continuity of care.
Implement care-plan interventions, including treatments, medications, and emergency or resuscitative measures consistent with standing orders and policies.
Provide nursing care addressing patients’ physical, emotional, spiritual, and social-cultural needs using a family-centered approach.
Evaluate patient progress and document observations, nursing interventions, therapeutic measures, monitoring data, and other relevant information.
Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of care plans and nursing practice to support patient outcomes and high-quality, cost-effective care.
Maintain current knowledge of nursing practice, professional standards, regulations, and department policies; integrate ethical principles and cultural and diversity considerations.
Collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and multidisciplinary healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care.
Contribute to professional development and support peers, students, and other healthcare providers through role modeling and precepting or mentoring.
Develop and evaluate evidence-based standards of care, use research to improve nursing practice and outcomes, and support the integration of research into practice.
Use resources effectively and efficiently while considering safety, effectiveness, and cost in care delivery.
For direct care of stroke patients, maintain knowledge of stroke signs, protocols, NIHSS, Stroke Alert procedures, quality indicators, and patient education resources.