Graduate Nurse Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited professional nursing program or school of professional nursing.
• Current North Carolina RN license or eligibility to obtain licensure before providing clinical care; licensure is required by the day of clinical care.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for Healthcare Providers.
• Eligible candidates include nursing students in their final semester, nursing graduates within 12 months of graduation, and RNs with less than 6 months of RN experience.
• No prior professional experience is required.
• If hired after January 6, 2014, must enroll within four years of employment and obtain a bachelor's degree with a major in Nursing or a master's degree with a major in Nursing within seven years of the employment date.

Responsibilities

• Identify personal learning needs and attend education programs; use appropriate patient education materials with assistance.
• Assess the readiness and developmental level of patients and their families or caregivers to learn, including factors that affect learning.
• Identify expected patient outcomes, seek guidance when revising plans of care, participate in interdisciplinary care evaluation, and communicate relevant information to support continuity of care.
• Provide competent care for patients with complex problems, including appropriate physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety considerations.
• Perform bedside point-of-care testing as required by the patient care plan and follow organizational and nursing standards, policies, and procedures.
• Organize and prioritize care according to patient and family needs, and consult appropriate resources promptly for complex care issues, unusual teaching needs, or patients at high risk for discharge-planning needs.
• With assistance, develop professional growth goals, achieve them within established time frames or renegotiate them with a supervisor, and participate in unit goals and performance improvement activities.
• Support intra- and interdepartmental collaboration, use communication systems effectively, promote cost-effective care, provide feedback to coworkers, and remain aware of public policy and regulatory guidance affecting healthcare.
• Promote a safe, clean, and secure hospital environment.
• Assess complex patient situations, prioritize care, synthesize assessment data before communicating it, and anticipate patients' and families' discharge needs.
• Develop relationships with families that support their ability to advocate for the patient and address their own needs.
• Collaborate with patients and families to prepare or update plans of care, use multidisciplinary resources, address cultural and ethnic considerations, and prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.
• Read relevant journals and bring potentially applicable ideas and questions to staff for discussion.

Benefits

• Up to $25,000 in tuition loan forgiveness, based on eligibility.
• Up to $5,000 in relocation assistance, based on eligibility.
• 12-month nurse residency program with specialty-specific orientation, mentorship, professional development, continuing education, and support from preceptors, educators, nurse leaders, and peers.