RN

Montefiore New Rochelle•City of New Rochelle, NY

22h

About The Position

The RN 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 involves recognizing changes in patient conditions and needs and reevaluating care objectives. The RN reviews physician prescriptions, communicates care plans with the healthcare team, coordinates with other providers, develops and modifies nursing care plans, educates patients and families about conditions, medications, and self-care, and evaluates care against therapeutic and professional standards. The position also documents care, protects confidential information, maintains a safe patient-care environment, helps keep equipment and supplies ready, and develops nursing knowledge through ongoing learning.

Requirements

Associate degree required.
Completion of a nursing program and an active license; listed under less than 1 year.
1–3 years of experience working in a clinical environment.
Knowledge of patient rights and laws related to those rights, such as 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.
New York Registered Nurse licensure required.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide patient care by reviewing physician prescriptions, communicating nursing care plans and pertinent information to the healthcare team, coordinating with other providers, supporting patients and families, and conferring with physicians.
Develop nursing care plans by obtaining medical histories, examining patients, documenting physical and psychological status and social factors, consulting with family and friends, establishing nursing diagnoses and objectives, and defining interventions and schedules.
Teach patients and their families about care goals, health conditions, medications, and self-care; answer questions and provide information and resources.
Evaluate patient care by measuring outcomes against standards, reviewing records, recognizing changes in condition or need, reevaluating objectives, and modifying care plans.
Assure quality care by following professional standards, organizational policies and procedures, applicable laws and regulations, and JCAHO standards, and by maintaining cooperative relationships with 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 arranging repairs.
Keep patient-care supplies available by checking stock, anticipating needs, ordering and expediting supplies, verifying deliveries, and stocking items.
Improve nursing knowledge through educational workshops, professional publications, networking, benchmarking, and participation in professional societies.
Support the success of the nursing and healthcare organization by responding to related, different, and new requests and helping others accomplish work.