RN - PD (SO)

Northwell•Bay Shore, NY

About The Position

Performs the duties of a Professional Nurse in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care for assigned patients. Records comprehensive documentation of patient care and demonstrates professional competence according to established Southside Hospital Standards of Care. The role includes collecting and organizing patient data; assessing physical and psychosocial status; developing care plans with patients, families, and the health team; delivering individualized nursing care; administering medications and treatments; monitoring patient responses; providing education; evaluating progress toward goals; and maintaining accurate admission, ongoing, and discharge documentation. The nurse also exercises sound judgment, contributes to care-delivery improvements and policy review, serves on committees, and uses and enforces Universal Precautions. Performs related duties as required.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.
Hold a current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State.
If hired after September 1, 2010, be enrolled in an accredited program within 24 months of employment and obtain a BSN degree within five years of the employment date.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

Collect and systematically organize patient data using available resources.
Examine patients through interview, observation, and inspection to determine physical status.
Identify and record patients’ physical and psychosocial conditions, including history, health habits, and perceptions.
Formulate prioritized care plans that identify patient needs and expected outcomes, with patient and/or family participation.
Collaborate with the health team and identify patients’ educational needs and coping mechanisms.
Anticipate workflow, complete tasks, and respond to schedule changes and emergencies.
Deliver care that respects patients’ worth and dignity and adapt nursing procedures to individual needs when possible.
Meet patients’ hygiene and appearance needs and involve patients and families in care when therapeutic.
Identify physical symptoms and changes and take appropriate action.
Administer medications and treatments according to established policies and procedures; observe and respond to behavioral and physiological changes caused by medications.
Use medical and surgical asepsis and demonstrate skill with equipment needed for patient care.
Help patients accept appropriate dependence or independence, protect them from environmental hazards, and address hydration and elimination needs.
Respond to patient anxiety or distress and provide appropriate mental and social stimulation.
Implement teaching plans using principles of teaching and learning and evaluate teaching by obtaining patient or significant-other verbalization of instructions.
Use current data to evaluate progress toward goals and initiate nursing actions if patients do not progress as expected.
Refer unmet patient needs to appropriate personnel and obtain feedback.
Write admission notes, record patient data on the Nursing Care Plan, maintain Nurses Notes and pertinent graphic/flow sheets, and write discharge notes that clearly describe patient status.
Make decisions based on sound judgment and knowledge of facts; suggest constructive changes in patient-care delivery or monitoring.
Participate in review and revision of policies and procedures as directed by the Head Nurse, Supervisor, or Assistant Director of Nursing, and serve on committees.
Use and enforce Universal Precautions.
Perform related duties as required.