Staff Nurse - Prep - PRN - LHAAMC

Luminis Health • Annapolis, MD

13d • $34 - $54

About The Position

The Staff Nurse contributes to high-quality, cost-effective healthcare by providing direct and indirect patient care and functioning as a competent member of the healthcare team. The nurse applies clinical judgment and nursing knowledge in the unit specialty, uses the nursing process to assess patients and families, identify needs, develop individualized plans of care, implement interventions, and evaluate outcomes. Care is provided in a culturally, developmentally, and ethically appropriate manner, addressing physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and learning needs.

The role includes patient and family education, participation in quality improvement and risk management activities, support for evidence-based practice and safe care, and contribution to unit governance and staff orientation. The nurse documents patient care in real time using a computer and delegates care activities as appropriate.

Employees may be exposed to blood-borne pathogens. The physical demands and work environment described are representative of those encountered while performing essential functions; reasonable accommodations may be made in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The supervisor may assign other duties as necessary.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Adherence to Luminis Health credentialing requirements stated in the nursing bylaws.
• Current Registered Nurse licensure from the Maryland Board of Nursing.
• BLS—American Heart Association Health Provider; the BLS requirement does not apply in the Prep Department.
• Medical Interpretation certification is required to serve as a qualified bilingual or multilingual interpreter.

Responsibilities

• Apply clinical nursing knowledge and skill in the unit specialization.
• Use the nursing process and applicable laws, policies, standards, guidelines, and evidence-based practice in patient and family care.
• Organize and reprioritize patient care based on patient, family, or environmental changes.
• Assess patients, collect data, and identify learning needs according to established standards and policies.
• Analyze assessment data to develop individualized problem lists for assigned patients.
• Develop individualized plans of care based on standards, prioritized needs, and mutually agreed goals.
• Implement plans of care in accordance with applicable standards, policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Administer medications and provide pain management and other unit- or initiative-specific care.
• Evaluate care plans and revise or recommend changes based on patient responses to interventions.
• Assess patient and family learning needs, readiness, learning styles, and barriers to learning.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate patient teaching plans for populations in the unit specialty.
• Apply knowledge of growth and development across the lifespan to patient care.
• Provide culturally, developmentally, and ethically appropriate direct care to patients and families.
• Participate in quality improvement, continuous process improvement, and risk management activities.
• Perform and improve processes to support Luminis Health quality standards and benchmarks.
• Support evidence-based guidelines and organizational policies and procedures for safe patient care and practice.
• Participate in unit shared governance according to departmental standards.
• Participate in education and orientation of new staff.
• Delegate patient care activities appropriately and evaluate delegated activities for expected outcomes.
• Document patient records in real time using a computer.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Retirement plan with employer match for employees working more than 1,000 hours in a calendar year.
• Paid time off.
• Tuition assistance.
• Employee referral bonus program.
• Paid holidays for full-time employees.
• Disability and life/AD&D coverage for full-time employees.
• Wellness programs.
• Employee assistance programs.

What This Job Offers

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