RN - OR

RN - OR Profession: Nursing Specialty: Surgical CWR Duration: 14 weeks Shift: Day Hours per Shift: 12 Experience: Minimum of 2 years RN experience License: NJ State Professional Registered Nurse license or multi-state compact license Certifications: BLS, ACLS, Telemetry, NIHSS Must-Have: Surgical and/or Radiology experience Experience with symptom management Compassionate and excellent communicator Team player with a strong sense of accountability Description:The Registered Nurse functions as a caregiver for a specific patient population in order to achieve desired outcomes.This position focuses on expanding knowledge and skills.Provides effective direct care as part of the interdisciplinary team to a variety of complex patients.Directs and oversees the care provided by other caregivers through delegation, validation, evaluation, and coordination.Effectively coordinates patient care/unit activities among nursing peers, physicians, and support services.Delivers nursing practices according to the most up-to-date evidence-based research, nursing policies, and standards of care.A day in the life of a Registered Nurse includes assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health or the situation.Performs age and disease-specific assessment/data collection independently in a systematic manner focusing on physiologic, psychological, and cognitive status.Recognizes clinical and diagnostic status changes in patient status.Identifies variables in patient/family education needs based on age, disease, and culturally specific learning differences.Develops a plan of care that prescribes strategies and interventions to attain expected outcomes.Formulates age and disease-specific patient/family centered goals/outcomes based on assessment data.Develops and coordinates a patient/family-focused plan of care, prioritized and encompassing the continuum of care.Communicates, coordinates, and implements the plan of care.Provides ongoing communication with patients/families, nursing colleagues, and other members of the healthcare team regarding patient status and treatment plans.Implements age and disease-specific care in an organized and timely manner.Provides or coordinates patient/family education as needed and ensures understanding.Performs according to established protocols in clinical situations, including communicating with appropriate persons and documenting events.Provides nursing care and treatments that reflect patients’ needs, advocates appropriately, and demonstrates evidence-based nursing practice and compliance with standards.Performs continuous point-of-care electronic documentation of each individual patient's assessments, plan of care, interventions, and evaluation of rendered care.Administers medication utilizing the newest advancements in bar-scanning and documentation technologies designed to ensure the safest delivery of medications to patients.Participates in multi-disciplinary discharges of patients to ensure safe transitioning and continuity of care.Evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes.Utilizes critical thinking skills based on nursing knowledge to achieve desired patient outcomes.Initiates interventions related to changes in patient condition and unexpected responses to care.Identifies ethical issues in the practice setting and brings them to the attention of team members.Recognizes and responds to opportunities to enhance patient satisfaction.Acquires and maintains competencies, certifications, and continuing education to meet facility accreditation or individual licensing requirements.Adheres to the American Nurses Association Code for Nurses with Interpretive Statements.Adheres to organizational and managerial competencies and standards of behavior.Performs other duties and/or projects as assigned. #J-18808-Ljbffr