Registered Nurse - L&D

Position Summary


The Registered Nurse provides direct patient care. The Registered Nurse collaborates with patients, family/significant others, peers, physicians, and other members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team in the delivery of healthcare services to patients. The Registered Nurse assesses the patient's needs, plans care, implements and evaluates the medical and nursing regimens in accordance with the hospital and nursing philosophy, policies/procedures and standards. He or she demonstrates leadership skills and commitment to professional accountability and growth

Essential Functions and Responsibilities Includes the Following:

1. Understands and adheres to the WPH Performance Standards, Policies and Behaviors.
2. Provides respectful care for all patients that allows for and promotes mutual respect, shared decision making and informed consent all the time while respecting a patient's autonomy and dignity regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or gender identity, religion, language, or any other protected group status.
3. The L&D RN provides respectful birthing care that allows for and promotes mutual respect, shared decision making and informed consent all the time while respecting a patient's autonomy and dignity regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or gender identity, religion, language, or any other protected group status.
4. Utilizes the nursing process to meet the age specific needs of the patient in all aspects of care: biophysical, psychosocial, education, safety/ environment, and discharge planning
5. Utilizes appropriate steps in the decision-making process to include recognition and priority setting related to patient care and unit-based issues. Addresses issues with appropriate actions
6. Administers blood and blood products according to policy
7. Collaborates and communicates with the interdisciplinary health care team
8. Integrates patient rights and nursing ethics into work practice
9. Adheres to infection control standards to reduce the risk of nosocomial infections to patient and staff.
10. Adheres to the tenets of the Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals
11. Delegates activities to ancillary staff as it relates to the State Nurse Practice Act
12. Adheres to the ANA Code of Nursing Ethics & Scope and Standards of Nursing Practice
13. Supports, promotes, and practices within the WPH Professional Nursing Practice Model
14. Sustains and advances the Magnet model
15. Participates in the Performance Improvement initiatives
16. Completes competency requirements
17. Attends mandatory in-services
18. Attends staff meetings as required/requested
19. Utilizes cost containment practices
20. Assumes Charge Nurse responsibility
21. Performs other related duties as assigned