Registered Nurse Resident (5456)

JOB SUMMARY | The Nurse Residency Program is designed to assist newly graduated nursing students with the transition from nursing school to a confident, competent, Registered Nurse. Through your first year as a Registered Nurse at Regional One Health, you will receive additional support and training from the Nurse Residency Program Coordinator, Professional Development Specialists, and experienced preceptors to allow for integration and socialization into the culture of professional nursing. Monthly Residency Program educational sessions will supplement your unit based orientation with additional hands on training, simulation, expert lectures, and small group discussions. The Residency classes provide didactic, evidence-based content essential to developing your clinical and interpersonal communication skills, and confidence in your practice. In daily practice, the Staff Nurse will care for patients on their assigned unit and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team. | | --- | Key Job Responsibilities | Essential Function | | --- | | Provides nursing care according to medical regimen and the nursing interventions appropriate for the patients' conditions and according to established standards, policies and procedures including care of the ambulatory practice patient. Initiates assessment based on the patient's presenting problems or needs, the physician's medical diagnosis and the functional health framework upon visit. Collects key information from patient, family, laboratory, and other medical reports. Ensures that all consents necessary for treatment/procedure have been signed and that all prescribed identification procedures have been carried out. Determines nursing diagnosis and priorities for care with special consideration given to patient teaching, discharge planning, and the growth and development needs of the patient. Determines which standards of care and practice apply to the patient. Documents assessment, including nursing diagnoses or other clinical judgments. Demonstrates knowledge, technical, interpersonal and critical thinking skills to provide care, manage clinical competency and meet age-specific patient needs within the unit. | | Completes ongoing assessments according to outpatient and nursing policy and/or as determined by patient condition: re-prioritizes care based on new information, continues to update nursing diagnoses, and involves family and/or other significant individuals in assessment activities. | | Assesses, plans and implements care of assigned patients. Performs therapeutic nursing interventions: as ordered by the Physician consistent with primary and population-specific standards of care and practice with consideration given to knowledge gained from the initial and ongoing assessment of the patient consistent with nursing division policies and procedures, demonstrated competencies, and with consideration given to risk management, infection control practices and patient safety practices | | Essential Function | | --- | | consistent with the nature of the unit: completion of history and physical assessment administration of medication, treatments and immunizations prepares patient for examination/procedures; positions and drapes patients pain control interventions provides assistance during examination/procedures monitors patient responses during treatment/procedure (checks temperature, pulse, blood pressure and respiration) initiates corrective action whenever information from monitoring or life support equipment shows adverse symptomatology such as respiratory or cardiac insufficiency coordinate patient referrals patient education | | Documents care based on standards of care and practice and/or clinical priorities for documentation including: assessment and ongoing assessment findings updated clinical priorities for documentation therapeutic nursing interventions with special attention to patient education patient's response to interventions and progress towards outcomes are noted | | R…