RN, Registered Nurse - LDRPN
Company: CHRISTUS Health
Location: Beeville
Posted on: April 24, 2024
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Job 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.The Labor, Delivery, Recovery, Postpartum and Nursery
(LDRPN) family centered unit in Beeville, Texas is comprised of
nine LDRPN rooms, nestled within the unit is one Surgical Suite and
a PACU. In this department you will have the opportunity to
practice the Labor, Delivery, Recover , Postpartum and well Newborn
nursing model hand in hand in with nurses who have over 100 years
combined. You will have the opportunity to care for patients
through all stages of the childbearing experience as well as their
newborns. Many of the women who choose to deliver at our facility
have had multiple children with us over the years and we have
become familiar with these families from our community, attesting
to the definition of community nursing experience.Since we are part
of a larger heath care system and have access to our sister
tertiary care center in Corpus Christi and San Antonio, you will
have a higher level of care to refer compromised newborns in order
to provide excellent continued care. Our physicians and Certified
Nurse Anesthetists are very special to our unit. We have a variety
of experience with our team and they are wonderful to work with and
truly have compassion for the staff, patient and community and do
an outstanding job. Our camaraderie with our physician and
ancillary staff is unsurpassed. We all work well together to meet
our goals.If you are looking to join a rapidly growing faith-based
organization that encourages professional development, we want you
to become a part of the CHRISTUS Spohn family!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 resourcesCORE
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 accuracy.Standard 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 industry.Standard 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 activities.TECHNICAL
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
practices.Medical 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-time.Requirements:Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care.One-year
experience in nursing preferred.Current Texas State RN LicenseCPR
(American Heart Association)ACLS required within six months of hire
or transferNRP required within 90 days of hire or transfer
dateCurrent AWHONN Intermediate Instructor led EFM course at time
of hire for experienced RNs or within 6 months of hire for new
graduate nurses and maintain AWHONN Intermediate or Advanced EFM
course certification thereafter.Work Schedule:VariesWork Type:Full
TimeEEO is the law - click below for more
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