New Grad Staff Nurse - Family Medicine Part-time Days

Northwestern Memorial Healthcare•Wheaton, IL

4d•$35 - $55

About The Position

The Staff Nurse Physician Group is a clinically competent, registered professional nurse who prescribes, delegates, and coordinates nursing care for acutely ill patients through assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation. The nurse interacts effectively with patients, significant others, and other health team members while maintaining ANA standards of professional nursing practice. The role also includes phone triage, delivery of abnormal test results, and providing corresponding care instructions. This opening is for a new graduate or an RN with less than one year of nursing experience and is scheduled for four days and 32 hours per week.

Requirements

Current nursing experience within the past five years or graduation from a nursing program within the past two years.
State-licensed Registered Nurse in the state of employment.
Basic Life Support (CPR) certification.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
One year of experience in a pertinent clinical specialty.
Proficiency in a second language.

Responsibilities

Provide patient care using evidence-based practice to optimize patient safety and reduce the likelihood of medical or healthcare errors.
Follow the six medication rights and administer medications based on the patient's age and clinical condition while minimizing medication-error risk.
Explain the rationale for clinical decisions using critical thinking.
Assess, analyze, validate, and integrate data about patients' physical, psychosocial, rehabilitation, safety, learning, spiritual, cultural, age-specific, special-risk, and self-care needs.
Identify patient-care needs, problems, and variances, and incorporate them into the care plan.
Identify patients' learning needs, abilities, preferences, and readiness, as well as support systems, coping mechanisms, and barriers to learning.
Explain procedures, therapies, and treatments to patients and families; evaluate and document their responses to teaching.
Use appropriate resources to provide education.
Involve patients and families in forming the plan of care.
Develop, implement, and update individualized plans of care based on identified needs, including nursing, teaching, continuity-of-care, and discharge planning.
Assess and reassess pain, use appropriate pain-management techniques, and educate patients and families about pain management.
Use results of quality-improvement activities to initiate changes in nursing practice and healthcare delivery.
Participate in shared governance, committee work, and practice or department projects.
Perform phone triage, deliver abnormal test results, and provide corresponding care instructions.