Neuro Medical -Surgical Registered Nurse

Receives patient Bedside Shift Report from an RN at the beginning of each shift, ensuring the inclusion of the patient input, visual validation of a safe patient room environment at the time of shift change and updating of the patient communication board found in each patient room.

• Delegates patient care tasks/responsibilities to assigned HCTs and validates completion of delegated tasks throughout the shift.
• Completes and documents basic RN patient care activities such assessments, interpretation of vital signs, ensure physician order completion, admission/discharge of patients, hourly rounding completion on each assigned patient, care plan documentation and patient education.
• Meets Carle Med/Surg RN documentation standards for each assigned patient.
• RN will provide patient medications utilizing the patient 5

Rights:

Right Patient, Right Medication, Right Route, Right Dose and Right Time.

• Maintains patient safety as the highest priority level: ensuring safety measure compliance such as fall precautions, pressure ulcer prevention, isolation precautions and patient ambulation safety.
• Maintains a positive attitude at all times on unit that promotes a healthy work environment and a healing patient environment.
• Keeps a diligent focus on prompt answering of patient call lights to ensure effective triage and completion of patient requests/medical needs.
• Uses critical thinking to evaluate the overall patient condition and uses nursing judgement to identify and act on changes in patient status.
• Effectively communicates within the healthcare team to promote interdisciplinary collaboration, effective patient care coordination and patient safety.
• Effectively manages time to enable the quick admission/discharge process for Observation status patients and facilitates completion of patient testing to move patients quickly towards discharge disposition.

Skills:

Required Skills & Experience:

• Minimum one (1) year of relevant nursing experience.

Education:

Required Education

• ASN. Preferred Education
• BSN.

Required Certifications & Licensure:

• Illinois state RN License in good standing.
• BLS (American Heart Assoc.

) #MED500

Pay:

$2,200.00

• $2,513.

00 per week

Benefits:

Health insurance

Experience:

Neuro Med surg: 2 years (Required)

License/Certification:

BLS Certification (Required) Illinois state RN License (Required)

Work Location:

In person