Rn Jobs in Port St Lucie

About The Position

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.
• Associate’s Degree in Nursing, required.
• Minimum 1-2 years of professional nursing experience in the related specialty.
• Current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State and/or Connecticut, required.
• BLS required.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, preferred.
• Specialized certifications as needed.

Responsibilities

• Assesses the patient’s physiologic health status, including conducting patient interviews, explaining policies and procedures, reviewing charts, assessing various body systems, determining mobility and skin condition, assessing pain levels, and communicating/documenting findings.
• Assesses the patient’s psychosocial health status, including eliciting perceptions of care, determining coping mechanisms, identifying cultural/ethnic requirements, and communicating/documenting psychological status and care plans.
• Identifies patient outcomes by developing criteria for measurement, identifying actual/potential patient problems, assessing teaching needs, and developing outcome statements and individualized patient goals.
• Formulates the plan of care and establishes priorities necessary to achieve expected outcomes, including identifying care activities, coordinating cost-effective use of resources, and documenting the plan of care in collaboration with physicians and other health team members.
• Implements the plan of care by maintaining patient safety, exercising professional skills, reassessing patients, administering treatments, using equipment correctly, providing emotional support, applying scientific principles, making accurate observations, documenting patient status and responses, managing emergencies, providing a calm atmosphere, participating in discharge planning, and providing discharge instructions.
• Evaluates care provided for patient outcomes by measuring effectiveness, performing variance analysis, designing/implementing/evaluating systems to improve care, and maintaining accurate documentation.
• Collaborates with other care team members in planning and carrying out treatment regimens, providing direction to other members of the care team, collaborating with physicians, interpreting and implementing treatment regimens, assisting physicians, keeping management informed of patient condition changes, and using clinical judgment in delegating assignments.
• Performs grade I-IV Decubitus Care, including preventive skin care, applying simple dressings, applying warm & cold compresses, performing irrigations, and performing other related procedures.
• Administers medications correctly and safely by identifying medication actions, dosages, side effects, meeting medication administration standards, demonstrating preparation of solutions and IV drips, administering and documenting medications correctly, administering IVP medication per policy, and educating patients on drug and food interactions.
• Participates in patient and family education by explaining conditions, communicating assessment data, recognizing and utilizing teaching opportunities and resources, providing discharge planning and referrals, and evaluating the effectiveness of teaching.
• Performs related duties, as required.