Unit PRN Registered Nurse- CDU

Wellstar Health System•Marietta, GA

19h•Onsite

About The Position

Wellstar is seeking a Unit PRN Registered Nurse for the CDU. The organization values contributions and ideas, and aims to serve with compassion, pursue excellence, and honor every voice. Wellstar's mission is to enhance the health and well-being of every person they serve, striving to deliver world-class healthcare every time. They are recognized for their high-quality care and inclusive culture, being one of Georgia’s largest and most integrated healthcare systems with over 24,000 team members dedicated to personalized patient care. Wellstar is committed to exceeding patient and team member expectations and transforming healthcare delivery. The company consistently receives national accolades for its safety principles, quality, and culture, including being featured on the FORTUNE “100 Best Companies to Work For” list and Seramount 100 Best Companies list, fostering a Great Place to Work culture.

Requirements

Associates Nursing or Diploma (Nurse) Nursing
RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact (required upon hire)
BLS - Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor (required upon hire)
ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support or ARC-ALS - Amer Red Cross Advanced Life Support or ACLS-I - ACLS - Instructor or ACLS-P - ACLS-Provisional (180 Days) (required within 180 Days)
Minimum 2 years current experience in specified area of practice
Computer/data entry experience.

Nice To Haves

Bachelors Nursing-Preferred
Epic and 3M experience Preferred

Responsibilities

Performs the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation) in the performance of clinical care using evidence base practice, uses analytical/critical thinking and insuring that care is individualized; coordinating care through effective partnerships recognizing that caring is central to achieve optimal patient care outcomes
Provides relationship-based patient centered care that is consistent with population specific characteristics (e.g. age, gender, disease, etc.) in a manner that adapts service delivery to reflect an understanding of cultural diversity
Always partners with the patient and significant others (as appropriate) using such appropriate method for setting and purpose (e.g., bedside shift report; interdisciplinary rounds; just in time and planned patient teaching; keeping the patient and significant others updated and making the patients goals the focus of the plan of care.
Practices using current clinical practice standards.
Coordinates the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care that promotes the professional care delivery model. This includes, but is not limited to diverse and inclusive interdisciplinary communication methods (interdisciplinary rounds, case review, etc.); completion of timely documentation and promotion of a respectful, inclusive clinical environment
Demonstrates teamwork and collaboration by practicing in a manner that is fiscally responsible and promotes the recruitment and retention of all healthcare team members.
Participates and supports performance improvement inclusive of all stakeholders, research and research utilization to promote safe, quality patient care including initiating and/or leading such activities as well as, promoting an inter/intra-disciplinary process and actively supports/participates in shared governance at all levels in the system.
Completes all initial and ongoing professional competency assessment, required mandatory education, population specific education.
Serves as a preceptor and/or or mentor for other professional nurses (and staff or students for all disciplines) to ensure that there is a current and future qualified workforce; modeling the professional practice of nursing and creating a healthy work environment
Promotes Evidence based practice, nursing research and performance improvement in nursing.
Participates in activities such as value analysis as part of the decision making process in evaluating patient care products.
Upholds all health care system/organizational policies and procedures and clinical competencies put forth by this job description and professional association including legal, regulatory and accreditation requirements and standards ensuring by way of example, such goals as TJC Patient Safety Goals and WellStar Health Systems safety absolutes
Participates in data collection, poses relevant clinical questions to advanced evidence based practice.
Consults appropriate experts and uses appropriate resources and evidence to address practice questions.
Proactively plans for the care of patients across the care continuum in the course of giving direct patient care.
Participates in the development of protocols and procedures when called upon or through self-initiation in collaboration with care managers and other members of the health care team to achieve best practice outcomes (i.e., decrease in re-admission rates; avoidable days; adverse events; etc.).
Supports efficient and effective use of human and material resources.
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.