Registered Nurse, Obgyn - Lake Charles, United States - Christus Health

Description

Summary:

The competent Nurse, in the same or similar clinicalsetting, practices independently and demonstrates an awareness ofall relevant aspects of a situation. Provides routine and complexcare, with the ability to on long-range goals or plans. Continuesto develop the ability to cope with and manage contingencies ofclinical nursing. Makes appropriate assignments and delegates toother care providers as a means to help manage the clinicalsituation.

This position is specificto the Mother Baby Department.

Responsibilities:

• Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUSCompetencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader ofLeaders.

• Consistent with the ANA Scope and Standardsof Practice, provides nursing care utilizing the nursing process,including assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention andevaluation for assigned patients.

• Addressesincreasingly complex psychological, emotional, cultural, and socialneeds of patient and families in accordance with their level ofpractice.

• Using the appropriate protocol, administersmedications and treatments; monitors for side-effects andeffectiveness of the treatment prescribed.

• Documentspatient history, symptoms, medication, and care given.

• Assess learning needs and provides education to patients, familymembers and/or care givers; identify issues and resources.

CORE COMPETENCIES
Standard I: Utilizes the Nursing Process

• Usescritical thinking skills to assess the basic physical,psychosocial, social, cultural, spiritual, and development needs ofpatient and families

• Communicates findings toappropriate healthcare team members

• Develops and usesa specific plan of care and modifies it to meet individual patientneeds using evidence-based practice

• Implements patientcare and therapeutic procedures; monitors and documents progressionof treatment and teaching goals

• Evaluates the care andtreatment(s) provided to the patient and the patient response tothe care and treatment(s)

• Performs timely reassessmentand documentation

• Must be able to performunit-specific competencies based on the specific patient care needfor the designated unit's patient population

Standard II. Patient Throughput & Patient FlowProcess

• Anticipates and plans foradmission/discharge/transfer needs to facilitate patient flow

• Utilizes appropriate systems of communication and tools tofacilitate the discharge process

• Coaches on tools andtechniques for checking, cross checking and validating orders toensure accuracy

Standard III. UnitOperations

• Plans, directs, and evaluates the overallnursing care and functions in a particular nursing unit during anassigned shift

• Demonstrates good stewardship in properuse and maintenance of equipment and Supplies

• Assessesdepartmental staffing needs; actively participates in resourcingefforts.

• Educates and trains others on theoperations, ethics, and regulations within the industry

Standard IV. Safe Practice/QualityCare/Regulations

• Incorporates patient safetypractices/guidelines to promote a safe environment resulting inpositive patient outcomes

• Demonstrates accountabilityfor nursing research and quality improvement activities

• Provides evidence-based nursing care

•Communicates patient information effectively across the continuumof care

• Educates and trains others on the operations,ethics, and regulations within the industry

• Knowledgeof federal, state and local healthcare-related laws andregulations; ability to comply with these in healthcare practicesand activities

TECHNICALCOMPETENCIES
Clinical Policies andStandards

• Follows a specific set of standards andassociated clinical procedures

• Analyzes policy andstandards documentation and ensures organizational compliance

• Provides feedback for improvement of procedures

•Assists in the development and implementation of specificprocedures

• Works with control and monitoringmechanisms, tools and techniques

HealthInformation Documentation

• Shares experiences withmaintaining paper and electronic patient documentation

•Walk through the steps and procedures for receiving, validating andupdating patient records

• Describes the flow ofinformation between various stations or units

•Discusses the functions, features and document flow of electronicdocumentation

• Transcribes verbal orders; explainstechniques for ensuring their accuracy

• Explains healthinformation documentation best practices and their rationale acrosshealth care practices

MedicalEquipment

• Describes experience with basic medicalequipment used in own unit or facility

• Uses standarddiagnostic tools and techniques to resolves common equipmentproblems

• Educates patients about the appropriate useof home medical equipment

• Ensures that all equipmentand related supplies are in proper working order prior to use toensure patient safety

• Inspects, troubleshoots andevaluates incoming equipment

Medical OrderProcessing

• Shares experiences with processing medicalorders for one or more groups of patients or conditions

• Describes functions and features of the system used toenter, validate, update and forward medical orders

•Discusses common errors, their sources and procedures forcorrecting

• Explains considerations for entering andfollowing standing orders

• Differentiates betweenstanding orders and preprinted orders and considerations foreach

Patient Chart Reading andInterpretation

• Describes experiences in reading andinterpreting patient charts for patients on unit and under owncare

• Reviews patients' charts for completion andaccuracy; identifies and alerts to mistakes or omissions

• Recognizes unexpected readings and alerts nursing or medicalstaff

• Relates examples of mis-readings ormisinterpretations and lessons learned

• Reviews,discusses and validates own interpretation with others

Patient Safety

• Shares experienceswith ensuring safety for one or more patient groups orsettings

• Explains key features of safety guidelinesand procedures for those groups and settings

• Listensand responds to safety inquiries from patients and familymembers

• Recognizes and addresses physiological andpsychological signs of problems

• Describesconsiderations for patients who can cause to harm to self, versusharm to others

• Utilizes appropriate systems todocument misses and near misses, participates in immediateinvestigating, analysis and reporting in real-time

Meets all requirements identified in thisposition description.

Requirements:

Experience:

• 1 year of experience in the related nursingspecialty preferred
• Perinatal RNResidency, or recently practicing in a Perinatal Setting ispreferred.

Education:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing,preferred
• All newly hired experienced RNsmust attend New Nurses Orientation within the first 30 days ofhire.
• New hires are precepted by a designatedtrained staff member and initial on-boarding requirements arevalidated through successful completion of the designatedorganizational entry competency validation anda Perinatal Department-specific competencyvalidation.
• Completion of all annualcompetency verification requirements.

Licenses/Certifications/Registrations:

• BLS required
• RNLicense in state of employment orcompact
• Current STABLE(Post-resuscitation/Pre-transport Stabilization Care of SickInfants) certification from one of the following courses:Participant, Lead Instructor, or Support Instructor at time of hireor prior to the end of orientation for experienced nurses; within90 days of hire for new graduates and experienced nurses new to thespecialty then required to maintain course certificationthereafter.
• Current NRP certification at timeof hire for experienced nurses; within 60 days for new graduatesand experienced nurses new to the specialty then required tomaintain certification thereafter.

Work Schedule:

TBD

Work Type:

Full Time

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