Rn Jobs in Orange County

About The Position

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing.
• Current RN License in the state of Texas
• Pediatric experience required
• Current licensure in the state of Texas
• CPR Certification
• Must test for a unit specific certification (Certified Post Anesthesia Nurse - CPAN, Certified Ambulatory Perianesthesia Nurse –CAPA) upon qualification to sit for exam
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) - Phase I Recovery Staff.

Nice To Haves

• BSN preferred
• Bilingual preferred
• Critical Care experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Conveys information and shares ideas using the appropriate techniques to reach different audiences; promotes understanding and open information sharing.
• Listens actively; solicits and gives constructive and honest feedback.
• Is sensitive to the needs, ideas, and feelings of others.
• Develops and maintains rapport with others.
• Establishes and maintains a therapeutic relationship with patient and family using individualized interventions to ensure patient comfort and dignity.
• Identifies barriers to learning, develops and implements plan based on assessed patient/family needs.
• Uses clear, closed loop communication that enhances team information sharing and decision making.
• Uses chain of command to obtain appropriate health care response as an advocate for the patient.
• Functions as a patient/family advocate seeking direction as needed to provide safe, effective, efficient, and timely care.
• Initiates appropriate referrals to healthcare team based on assessed patient needs.
• Documents timely and accurately to reflect patient plan of care and response to interventions in the electronic medical record.
• Performs initial and ongoing focused assessments to identify actual, potential and critical changes in patient’s condition and follows through with appropriate reporting and actions.
• Develops, implements, and modifies an individualized plan of care that reflects cultural aspects of illness/hospitalization to meet patient needs and diagnoses.
• Prioritizes, plans, organizes, and directs care of assigned patients.
• Involves the patient and family in healthcare decisions and care as appropriate.
• Evaluates and reports pertinent patient response to interventions based on evidence-based best practice.
• Administers medications and other therapeutic treatments per clinical guidelines and orders; recognizes abnormal responses to medication therapy and initiates corrective therapy.
• Intervenes appropriately after correlating clinical picture to therapeutic treatment plan.
• Selects and utilizes appropriate equipment, devices, and supplies based on patient needs and treatment plan.
• Ensures the correct functioning of equipment, identifies deficits and reports appropriately.
• Participates in clinical research following specific protocols.
• Demonstrates flexibility in staffing and scheduling to meet unit needs.
• May be required to function as Charge
• Supports real time staffing decisions and assignments for the greater good.
• Supports goals through participation and compliance in unit activities and decision-making.
• Participates in improving patient care by engaging in reviewing and supporting practice change based on evidence-based practice.