RN

King's Daughters Medical Center • Ashland, KY

394d

About The Position

The position involves providing total patient care for Women, Children, and Infants in accordance with physician's orders and individual patient needs, conforming to recognized standards of nursing practice. The role requires a comprehensive approach to patient assessment, documentation, medication administration, and patient education.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing for Registered Nurses.
• Maintains active RN license in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and any other states as applicable.
• Achieves and maintains American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS).
• Achieves and maintains American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within 90 days of start.
• Achieves and maintains Neonatal Resuscitation Provider (NRP) certification and/or American Heart Association Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within 90 days of start.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient and/or conducts screenings and documents utilizing standard scales when indicated as required per organization.
• Prioritizes and documents patient problems based on assessed needs/problems in collaboration with patient, family, and health care team.
• Documents changes in patient condition and effectiveness and timeliness of care/intervention.
• Utilizes organization-wide safe medication practices including, but not limited to the 5 rights of medication administration, barcode scanning and other medication safety processes specific to the unit/department.
• Knows actions and usual dosage, indications and side effects of medications administered.
• Provides teaching and educational material to the patient and/or significant other as needed according to the care, treatment services and identified risks specific to the patient and documents patient and/or family understanding.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree