RN - Med Surg 9 South Bordley - Days
On-siteSt. Louis, Missouri, United States
EXPIREDSt. Louis, Missouri, United StatesOn-siteFull TimeLicense Or CertificationSmall
Full TimeLicense Or CertificationSmall
Job Summary
Conduct comprehensive nursing assessments, including admission, transfer, and post-operative evaluations, while accurately documenting findings and patient education needs. Establish and evaluate care plans based on patient diagnosis, lab data, and physician orders, formulating interventions to achieve desired outcomes. Provide and document nursing interventions, administer medications, monitor IV fluids and parenteral nutrition, and coordinate daily care with the health team. Perform specialized care for high-risk patients, including restraint management and pain control, while adhering to infection control practices and safety protocols.
Required Qualifications
- Registered Nurse
- Maintains current license and certifications
- Maintain up to date BLS and HI
- Annual TB Screening and Influenza vaccination
- Annual Ethics Training (Initial Ethics, if new employee)
- Annual Safety Training
- Required Information Security course
- Required Abuse & Neglect course
- Annual Blood Borne Pathogens training (if required)
- Coursework as assigned for .edu
- Annual competency
- Age/Population specific competency (if applicable)
- orientation competency (if new hire)
- Service Specific
- Maintains currency in all hospital/unit information, communication, policies and procedures
- Attends staff meetings/reviews minutes when absent
- Participates in Committee(s), Shared Governance, Work Team(s), in a leadership and or in membership role
- Reviews Hospital/Nursing publications
- Keeps up to date with policies and procedures
- Participates and or keeps up to date with Shared Governance and Unit Based Practice Council activities and information. Contributes to requests for feedback
- Responds positively to change
- Provides assistance and support to peers, co-workers and other team members
- Adapts positively to changes in unplanned work load and job demands
- Participates in and maintains a collaborative team approach toward work
- Functions as a resource person to co-workers, patients/families, medical staff and other members of the health care team
- Effectively assumes and delegates care and other activities to the appropriate team member
- Redirects clinical staff when the medical plan of care is altered
- Communicates the plan of care to be followed on each individual patient in a precise and professional manner
- Responsible for the supervision and teaching of students/new staff nurses
- Practices standard precautions and disposes of hazardous wastes per established guidelines
- Maintains a safe, clean, comfortable, and therapeutic environment for patients/ families/employees in accordance to hospital standards
- Maintains clutter free environment
- Follows hand hygiene procedures
- Utilizes Safe Patient Handling techniques and equipment
- Keeps personal conversations/background noise to a minimum
- Adheres to dress code
- Reports risk management concerns using eSRM
- Reports variations from care/treatment following the occurrence reporting policy and procedure
- Demonstrates knowledge and skills of normal growth & development necessary to provide services to the age of the patient served by the department
- Demonstrates ability to assess and interpret age specific data to identify patient needs
- Utilizes communication skills necessary to interpret age specific responses to service and interaction
- Involves family or significant other in decision making related to services provided
- Demonstrates ability to provide service needed for the age groups routinely served by the department assigned
- Uses resources efficiently
- Recommends change in practice that increase efficiency and minimize waste
- Documents chargeable supplies and equipment used to provide care
- Prioritizes responsibilities and completes work on time
- Utilizes non-clinical time in a constructive manner
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