Registered Nurse Wound Care PRN

Registered Nurse (RN)

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care of patients. The staff RN utilizes the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice, and coordination of care with other health team members.

Scope

• Provides direct patient care and education to those with altered/impaired skin integrity, ostomies, and incontinence congruent with defined standards of practice. Evaluates patient care with emphasis on quality improvement.
• Provides in-service education, staff development instruction, and educational opportunities to medical and nursing staff and nursing students. Initiates and applies new clinical modalities based upon expert knowledge, technical competency, new research, and literature. Provides input through product evaluation regarding the responsible use of present resources as well as purchasing cost-effective supplies and equipment relating to wounds, ostomies, and incontinence.
• Partners with medical staff, interdepartmental staff, and community resources to provide comprehensive inpatient care. Assists with referrals of clients along the care continuum.
• Assists with the development and coordination of job-specific nursing competency validation.
• Assists with the development, implementation, and evaluation of policies and procedures. Consults in area of specialty within the care site and with community partners.
• Demonstrates and promotes the use of the quality improvement process for the assigned patient population.
• Promotes mission, vision, and values of SCL Health, and abides by service behavior standards.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• May be required to float to other departments (within scope of competency and qualifications) based on business need.
• May be required to be placed on-call during a regularly scheduled shift.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

Required:

Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing is required.

A Registered Nurse with an ASN/ADN degree must complete a BSN degree within four (4) years from the Registered Nurse's date of hire unless the Registered Nurse has a minimum of fifteen (15) years of proven continuous Registered Nurse experience in an acute care setting. Failure to obtain a BSN degree within that time frame may result in suspension or termination of employment. Any Registered Nurse who takes legally protected leave during the Four (4) year completion period may have the period extended by a comparable amount of time.

Registered Nurses employed by St Vincent, Good Samaritan, St. Joseph, or Lutheran Medical Centers as of September 1, 2014 with only an ASN/ADN will be exempt from this requirement. Registered Nurses employed by Holy Rosary, Platte Valley, St. Mary's, Home Health, and TSFP as of December 31, 2017 with only an ASN/ADN will be exempt from this requirement.

Certification

Required:

Current license as a Registered Nurse in the state of practice is required.

Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS-HCP) certification upon hire or obtained within 60 days of hire with prior approval. (ACLS/NRP/PALS as appropriate for unit or service.)

Preferred:

Masters degree in Nursing is preferred Graduate of accredited Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurse Education Program is preferred Previous Clinical Nurse Specialist experience preferred Experience in adult education preferred