Staff Nurse - Medical Surgical, Dayshift

Good Samaritan • Vincennes, IN

21h

About The Position

The Staff Nurse provides medical-surgical nursing care using professional standards of practice and performance. The role collects and analyzes patient information, identifies patient-specific outcomes, develops and implements individualized plans of care, and evaluates progress toward patient goals. Nurses are expected to provide safe, effective, equitable, timely, and patient-centered care while communicating and collaborating with patients, families, and other health care professionals. The position supports shared governance, professional development, evidence-based practice, and a healthy work environment.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
• Obtain a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing within three years of employment, except for staff previously granted grandfather status.
• Hold a Registered Nurse license from the Indiana State Board of Nursing.
• Graduate of an RN program.
• Some areas may require a current and valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Collect pertinent data and information about patients’ health or situations.
• Analyze assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses, problems, or issues.
• Identify expected outcomes for individualized patient care plans.
• Develop plans of care with interventions to achieve measurable outcomes.
• Implement individualized patient plans of care.
• Evaluate progress toward patient goals and expected outcomes.
• Deliver care in a nonjudgmental, nondiscriminatory, sensitive, and culturally competent manner.
• Contribute to the professional development of peers and other health care providers.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, and other health care professionals.
• Collaborate with patients, family members, significant others, and health care providers in providing care.
• Use leadership skills to enhance patient outcomes and foster a healthy work environment.
• Maintain current nursing knowledge and pursue learning to enhance expertise and advance the profession.
• Use research findings in nursing practice.
• Contribute to quality nursing practice and ensure care is safe, effective, efficient, equitable, timely, and patient-centered.
• Evaluate own and others’ nursing practice against professional standards, regulatory requirements, and organizational policies.
• Use research findings in practice as part of resource utilization.

Benefits

• Flexible work schedules, with full-time, part-time, and supplemental options and day, evening, or night schedules.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Free access to a fitness center.
• Career advancement opportunities.
• Healthcare and retirement plans.
• Work environments that support professional development and personal success.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level