Staff Nurse - Neurology Epilepsy Monitoring Unit

OhioHealth • Columbus, OH

9d • Onsite

About The Position

This position provides general nursing care to patients and families along the health illness continuum in diverse health care settings while collaborating with the health care team. He/She is accountable for the practice of nursing as defined by the Ohio Board of Nursing. The unit is an acute care interventional telemetry medical surgical unit with 32 private beds. Patient acuity ranges from moderate to high, requiring frequent neurological assessments. The patient population includes epilepsy, myasthenia gravis, stroke, multiple sclerosis, NPH, migraine, encephalopathy, brain mass, hemicraniectomy, and other neurological/neurosurgical diagnoses. The unit does not care for ventilated patients but does administer Heparin, Argatroban, Cardizem, amiodarone, insulin, and ketamine drips. The unit has 24 beds for neurological/neurosurgical patients and 8 beds specifically for the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit.

Requirements

• BLS - Basic Life Support - American Heart Association
• RN - Registered Nurse - Ohio Board of Nursing
• State Driver's License.
• RN - Registered Nurse
• BLS - Basic Life Support
• CPR - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• Field of Study: Nursing
• Years of Experience 0

Responsibilities

• Performs initial, ongoing, and functional health status assessment as applicable to the population and or individual (30%).
• Based on nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems, documents planned nursing interventions to achieve outcomes appropriate to patient needs (30%).
• Evaluates and documents response to nursing interventions and achievement of outcomes at appropriately determined intervals; as part of a multidisciplinary team, revises plan of care based on evaluative data (20%).
• Actively participates in process improvement activities to achieve targeted measures of clinical quality, customer satisfaction, and financial performance (10%).
• Operations (10%).
• As a High Reliability Organization (HRO), responsibilities require focus on safety, quality and efficiency in performing job duties.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed