Rn Jobs in Tacoma, VA

About The Position

Requirements

• Associate Degree in Nursing.
• Current State of Wisconsin Registered Nurse license or Multistate Nurse License.
• Basic Life Support certification within 3 months of hire.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification within one year of hire.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification within 6 months of hire.
• Per diem availability for a minimum of three shifts per month; greater availability may be required by the leader.
• Availability for holidays, weekends, and off-shifts based on department need.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
• For RNs providing care to progressive care-level patients: previous ICU, PACU, or Critical Care experience, or completion of SPH’s PC Mentorship Program.

Responsibilities

• Use the nursing process—assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation—throughout each patient's stay, ensuring care is individualized.
• Initiate, develop, and document patient plans of care based on assessment and medical diagnosis; set nursing priorities and review or revise the plan at least every 24 hours.
• Provide care independently with minimal supervision within unit requirements, physician orders, and applicable policies and procedures.
• Respond to life-threatening situations according to nursing standards, policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Understand procedures and treatments and explain them to patients at an appropriate level of understanding.
• Perform or assist with procedures in accordance with approved unit policies and procedures.
• Observe and document significant changes in patient condition and reactions; promptly notify a supervisor or physician of changes, drug or treatment reactions, and significant incidents.
• Monitor, record, and communicate patient condition using computerized documentation systems.
• Review and verify physician orders in the electronic medical record and carry them out or delegate them in a timely manner.
• Administer medications, including IV therapy, proficiently and safely.
• Initiate patient and family education and discharge planning according to individual needs, physician direction, and hospital policy.
• Delegate to and collaborate with other health team members in planning and providing care based on patient needs.
• Maintain required skills and equipment competencies.
• Safely care for multiple patients and maintain a safe environment using appropriate precautions.
• Use Universal Precautions, asepsis, and infection-control procedures; ensure proper specimen handling.
• Float to other units as necessary.
• Participate in department or unit quality-improvement activities and attend 75% of unit meetings.
• Perform assigned progressive-care duties, including applying and monitoring cardiac monitors, mechanical ventilators and alarms, external pacemakers, oxygen delivery devices, transduced or pressure lines, and central lines.
• Recognize cardiopulmonary emergencies, initiate standardized stabilization interventions, and prepare patients for transfer to a higher level of care.
• Interpret arterial blood gas analyses and communicate findings.
• Recognize indications for and manage patients requiring noninvasive oxygen delivery systems, including oral airways, high-flow oxygen, BiPAP, and CPAP.
• Assess patients receiving mechanical ventilation, monitor their response, and ensure prescribed treatment is delivered.
• May precept another person.

Benefits

• Competitive health and dental insurance options
• Flexible paid time off
• Retirement plan with immediate vesting and employer match
• Discounted membership to the fitness facility
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employer-provided life and disability insurance
• Free parking at the facility