Registered Nurse (RN) - Med/Surg

Registered Nurse

Ridges Hospital is looking for a passionate and hardworking Registered Nurse to join our Med-Surg/Oncology unit! Located in Burnsville, just 20 minutes south of Minneapolis, MN, near the 35 E and 35 W conjunctions. Our 28 ? bed unit offers an ideal environment for those who want to grow professionally while providing exceptional care to a diverse patient population. You'll work alongside a collaborative care team committed to excellence, continuous learning, and a strong sense of community. If you're looking for a place where you can build meaningful relationships, expand your clinical expertise, and feel valued every day, consider joining our team!

The Registered Nurse is responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery, and evaluation of nursing care for all assigned patient population(s). The RN is responsible for performing these responsibilities in accordance with all policy, procedures, professional practice guidelines and the MN Nurse Practice Act. The RN coordinates care with members of the health care team and delegates responsibilities to others as appropriate.

This position is a .6 FTE, working 48 hours per 2 week pay period. This position works 8-hour shifts, every other weekend rotation (Fri,Sat,Sun), and on the day shift.

Job Expectations:

• Assesses patient needs and identifies expected nursing outcomes.
• Involves the patient, family, and other health team members in gathering data.
• Uses an ongoing, systematic process to gather relevant information (biological, psychological, spiritual, and social aspects) from patient and family.
• Analyzes data and information to identify potential risks, prioritize needs and determine priority problems.
• Identifies outcomes that are age appropriate, culturally appropriate, realistic, and attainable.
• Validates these with patient, family, and other health team members.
• Documents data and identified outcomes.

Develops an individualized nursing plan of care.

• Collaborates with patient, family, and other health team members to develop a nursing plan as part of an integrated, comprehensive plan of care
• Develops an individualized plan based on age, social and cultural considerations, condition, and other relevant needs.
• Determines nursing interventions based on identified needs.
• Identifies interdisciplinary resources needed to assist in implementing the nursing plan of care.
• Prioritizes interventions based on patient acuity, available resources, and patient/family preferences and needs.
• Documents and updates the plan of care to assure continuity throughout the continuum of care.

Implements nursing interventions based on the plan of care.

• Provides care according to the plan, and in accordance with all relevant policies, procedures, and nursing practice guidelines.
• Coordinates nursing care with the care of all other health team members.
• Initiates age and culturally appropriate measures to support and meet patient needs while achieving expected outcomes.
• Initiates patient/family teaching as appropriate to age, readiness to learn and available resources.
• Collaborates, consults, or makes referrals if unable to perform safely and independently.
• Delegates direct and indirect patient care activities to appropriate personnel based on needs, condition, potential for risk/harm, complexity of the skill and predictability of the outcome.
• Assures all actions are based on scientific, ethical, or ecological principles; proven effectiveness; experience; practice standards; patient/family requests and values; or, legal parameters.
• Uses the full range of therapeutic modalities to support and augment the healing process, moving from least intensive and invasive to more, depending on need and context.
• Documents interventions according to practice guidelines.
• Anticipates, recognizes, and responds to emergent situations.

Evaluates care and patient response to interventions and expected outcomes.

• Systematically and continuously evaluates patient's response to interventions and the effectiveness of the plan of care
• Modifies the interventions based on patient response and changing patient condition.
• Involves the patient, family, and other health team members in evaluating care.
• Uses ongoing assessment data to revise patient needs, priority problems, nursing outcomes and the plan of care.

Uses communication strategies to achieve desirable outcomes.

• Communicates verbal and written information in a clear, concise, accurate, and timely manner.
• Uses communication strategies appropriate to patient/family needs for information, education, and support.
• Collaborates and communicates effectively and respectfully with the patient, family, and members of the health care team within and across care settings to promote partnership-based health care

Demonstrates the ability to advance care by utilizing standards, guidelines, care pathways and continuous improvement to enhance patient outcomes.

• Identifies gaps in care and practice and brings them forward to applicable person(s)
• Utilizes improvement methodologies
• Incorporates data and information into practice to continuously improve or innovate care

Promotes a culture of evidence-based practice (EBP) by participation in any of, but not limited to, the following activities:

• Utilizes evidence-based policies in clinical practice
• Attends and participate in learning opportunities about EBP
• Member of hospital or area-based nursing practice council or research council
• Completes an evidence-based practice project (e.g. policy development or poster presentation)
• Presents an EBP finding to your peers
• Journal club member
• Critiques and circulate a journal article relating to nursing practice
• Reviews the literature on a practice question
• Develops a standard/pathway/guideline for patient care
• Participates in a research study
• Demonstrates ability to provide care or service adjusting approaches to reflect developmental level and cultural differences of population served.

Organization Expectations, as applicable:

• Promotes an environment supportive of the health and wellbeing of patients, families as well as caregivers
• Demonstrates ability to provide care or service adjusting approaches to reflect developmental level and cultural differences of population served.
• Partners with patient care giver in care/decision making.
• Communicates in a respective manner.
• Ensures a safe, secure environment.
• Individualizes plan of care to meet patient needs.
• Modifies clinical interventions based on population served.
• Provides patient education based on as assessment of learning needs of patient/care giver.
• Fulfills all organizational requirements.
• Completes all required learning relevant to the role
• Upholds and maintains Fairview Behavior Standards, including actively listening and respectful in communication with co-workers and patients.
• Complies with all relevant laws, regulation, and policies
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications to Fulfill Job Responsibilities:

Required:

License/Certification/Registration

Current MN RN License

BLS required.

Preferred:

Education

BSN or BAN

Experience

1 3 years of experience