RN, REGISTERED NURSE - PACU
Company: Christus Health
Location: Tyler
Posted on: September 27, 2024
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Job Description:
Description
Summary:The competent Nurse, in the same or similar clinical
setting, practices independently and demonstrates an awareness of
all relevant aspects of a situation. Provides routine and complex
care, with the ability to on long-range goals or plans. Continues
to develop the ability to cope with and manage contingencies of
clinical nursing. Makes appropriate assignments and delegates to
other care providers as a means to help manage the clinical
situation.Responsibilities:--- Meets expectations of the applicable
OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or
Leader of Leaders. --- Consistent with the ANA Scope and Standards
of Practice, provides nursing care utilizing the nursing process,
including assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention and
evaluation for assigned patients. --- Addresses increasingly
complex psychological, emotional, cultural, and social needs of
patient and families in accordance with their level of practice.
--- Using the appropriate protocol, administers medications and
treatments; monitors for side-effects and effectiveness of the
treatment prescribed. --- Documents patient history, symptoms,
medication, and care given. --- Assess learning needs and provides
education to patients, family members and/or care givers; identify
issues and resources. CORE COMPETENCIESStandard I: Utilizes the
Nursing Process--- Uses critical thinking skills to assess the
basic physical, psychosocial, social, cultural, spiritual, and
development needs of patient and families--- Communicates findings
to appropriate healthcare team members--- Develops and uses a
specific plan of care and modifies it to meet individual patient
needs using evidence-based practice--- Implements patient care and
therapeutic procedures; monitors and documents progression of
treatment and teaching goals--- Evaluates the care and treatment(s)
provided to the patient and the patient response to the care and
treatment(s)--- Performs timely reassessment and documentation---
Must be able to perform unit-specific competencies based on the
specific patient care need for the designated unit's patient
populationStandard II. Patient Throughput & Patient Flow Process---
Anticipates and plans for admission/discharge/transfer needs to
facilitate patient flow--- Utilizes appropriate systems of
communication and tools to facilitate the discharge process---
Coaches on tools and techniques for checking, cross checking and
validating orders to ensure accuracyStandard III. Unit
Operations--- Plans, directs, and evaluates the overall nursing
care and functions in a particular nursing unit during an assigned
shift--- Demonstrates good stewardship in proper use and
maintenance of equipment and Supplies--- Assesses departmental
staffing needs; actively participates in resourcing efforts. ---
Educates and trains others on the operations, ethics, and
regulations within the industryStandard IV. Safe Practice/Quality
Care/Regulations--- Incorporates patient safety
practices/guidelines to promote a safe environment resulting in
positive patient outcomes--- Demonstrates accountability for
nursing research and quality improvement activities--- Provides
evidence-based nursing care--- Communicates patient information
effectively across the continuum of care--- Educates and trains
others on the operations, ethics, and regulations within the
industry--- Knowledge of federal, state and local
healthcare-related laws and regulations; ability to comply with
these in healthcare practices and activitiesTECHNICAL
COMPETENCIESClinical Policies and Standards--- Follows a specific
set of standards and associated clinical procedures--- Analyzes
policy and standards documentation and ensures organizational
compliance--- Provides feedback for improvement of procedures---
Assists in the development and implementation of specific
procedures--- Works with control and monitoring mechanisms, tools
and techniquesHealth Information Documentation--- Shares
experiences with maintaining paper and electronic patient
documentation--- Walk through the steps and procedures for
receiving, validating and updating patient records--- Describes the
flow of information between various stations or units--- Discusses
the functions, features and document flow of electronic
documentation--- Transcribes verbal orders; explains techniques for
ensuring their accuracy--- Explains health information
documentation best practices and their rationale across health care
practicesMedical Equipment--- Describes experience with basic
medical equipment used in own unit or facility--- Uses standard
diagnostic tools and techniques to resolves common equipment
problems--- Educates patients about the appropriate use of home
medical equipment--- Ensures that all equipment and related
supplies are in proper working order prior to use to ensure patient
safety--- Inspects, troubleshoots and evaluates incoming
equipmentMedical Order Processing--- Shares experiences with
processing medical orders for one or more groups of patients or
conditions--- Describes functions and features of the system used
to enter, validate, update and forward medical orders--- Discusses
common errors, their sources and procedures for correcting---
Explains considerations for entering and following standing
orders--- Differentiates between standing orders and preprinted
orders and considerations for eachPatient Chart Reading and
Interpretation--- Describes experiences in reading and interpreting
patient charts for patients on unit and under own care--- Reviews
patients' charts for completion and accuracy; identifies and alerts
to mistakes or omissions--- Recognizes unexpected readings and
alerts nursing or medical staff--- Relates examples of mis-readings
or misinterpretations and lessons learned--- Reviews, discusses and
validates own interpretation with othersPatient Safety--- Shares
experiences with ensuring safety for one or more patient groups or
settings--- Explains key features of safety guidelines and
procedures for those groups and settings--- Listens and responds to
safety inquiries from patients and family members--- Recognizes and
addresses physiological and psychological signs of problems---
Describes considerations for patients who can cause to harm to
self, versus harm to others--- Utilizes appropriate systems to
document misses and near misses, participates in immediate
investigating, analysis and reporting in real-timeRequirements:
Keywords: Christus Health, Tyler , RN, REGISTERED NURSE - PACU, Healthcare , Tyler, Texas
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