Rn Jobs in San Jose, AZ

About The Position

Requirements

• Associate degree or diploma in nursing required.
• Diploma and ADN hires must complete a BSN within 60 months of hire, or have at least 5 years of Registered Nurse experience at the time of hire; experience may be in direct patient care or indirect RN roles.
• Arizona or compact-state Registered Nurse licensure required upon hire.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required; unit-specific certification is required as applicable to the specialty area.
• For float positions, 1 year of RN experience is required.
• For direct responsibility for stroke patients, stroke-specific education requirements apply prior to start.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• More than 10 months of med-surg or acute specialty setting experience preferred.
• National certification for the unit-specific patient population preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collect and prioritize patient health data systematically and on an ongoing basis, involving the family as appropriate.
• Analyze assessment data, determine nursing diagnoses, and develop, implement, evaluate, and revise individualized plans of care.
• Identify patient-specific expected outcomes and provide evidence-based, family-centered continuity of care.
• Implement the plan of care, including treatments, medications, and emergency or resuscitative measures in accordance with standing orders, policies, and procedures.
• Provide care addressing patients’ and families’ physical, emotional, spiritual, and social-cultural needs.
• Evaluate patient progress toward expected outcomes and the quality and effectiveness of the care plan.
• Document observations, nursing interventions, therapeutic measures, monitoring data, and other relevant patient-care information.
• Evaluate personal nursing practice against professional standards, statutes, regulations, and applicable policies; maintain current nursing knowledge.
• Apply ethical principles and develop knowledge of cultural and diversity needs.
• Collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and multidisciplinary healthcare team members in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care.
• Provide direction to licensed practical nurses and nursing aides and delegate appropriately.
• Precept new hires and students, support their competency development, and contribute to peers’ and other providers’ professional development through role modeling and mentoring.
• Develop and evaluate evidence-based standards of care and identify and facilitate changes to nursing practice.
• Use evidence-based research to identify ways to improve nursing practice and patient outcomes, and support integration of research into practice.
• Use resources effectively and efficiently while considering safety, effectiveness, and cost in care planning and delivery.
• For direct care of stroke patients, maintain knowledge of stroke symptoms, protocols and pathways, NIHSS, Stroke Alert procedures, quality indicators, and patient education and community resources.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus available.