RN, Registered Nurse - Acute Medsurgical B
Company: Christus Health
Location: San Antonio
Posted on: October 23, 2024
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Job Description:
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 CHRISTUS Children's Hospital, established in 1959, was the
first children's hospital in South-Central Texas. Located downtown,
this 190-plus-bed hospital serves more than 70,000 children
annually from San Antonio, South Texas and around the world. The
hospital (in partnership with Baylor College of Medicine) is the
only academic children's hospital in San Antonio. Our highly
specialized services meet the unique medical needs of children,
from Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care to Children's Emergency
Services, the latest treatments for deformities of the spine
including titanium rib implants and halo traction, a Heart Center,
a specialized asthma program, a highly regarded Cancer and Blood
Disorders Center, and growing maternal services to include
consultation, delivery, and maternal fetal medicine.
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:
Work Schedule:
Varies
Work Type:
Part Time
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