RN (PRN)
On-siteHemphill, Texas, United States
Hemphill, Texas, United StatesOn-sitePart TimeLicense Or Certification
Part TimeLicense Or Certification
Job Summary
Conduct comprehensive and focused patient assessments upon admission and throughout shifts. Make patient assignments, establish care plans, and administer medications and blood products as needed. Perform point-of-care diagnostics including EKGs and glucometer readings while monitoring provider orders. Provide patient and family education, advocate for patients, and oversee nursing staff and clinical care processes. Communicate effectively with medical providers, ancillary personnel, and families to ensure continuity of care. Maintain infection control standards and comply with state nursing practice standards.
Required Qualifications
- Current Registered Nurse licensure
- Entry Level Degree or Diploma in Nursing
- Life Support (BLS) certificate
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), obtained within six (6) months from date of hire
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), obtained within six (6) months from date of hire OR Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC), obtained within six (6) months from date of hire
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC), per Trauma Rules obtain within eighteen (18) months from date of hire OR Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN), per Trauma Rules obtain within eighteen (18) months from date of hire
- Competent in medical terminology
- Knowledgeable about the interventions and evaluations of drug therapy
- Maintain discretion and confidentiality in communications
- Knowledgeable about policies and procedures regarding reporting and release of protected health information (PHI)
- Competent in clinical skills and use of medical equipment
- Knowledgeable of Infection Control and Prevention Programs
- Knowledge of licensing requirements, nursing practice act, statutes and rules applicable to nursing
- Maintain certifications and continuing education requirements needed to perform job
- Communicate verbally and in writing in English
- Competent in dosage calculations
- Basic statistical concepts
- Responds to unusual or varied situations that are not covered by existing standards, procedures and precedents
- Regularly required to stand, walk, sit, ascend and descend stairs, possess ability to handle, finger or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms
- Frequently be able to lift 25 pounds from the floor to waist level and may occasionally be required to assist moving adult patients
- Specific vision abilities include close vision and the ability to clearly focus vision
- Specific hearing abilities using the stethoscope for breath sounds and Korotkoff sounds
Desired Qualifications
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Basic preferred
- Forensic Evidence Collection Part 1 through Health.edu, obtained within two years from date of hire
- Forensic Evidence Collection Part 2 through Health.edu, obtained within two years from date of hire
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