Registered Nurse - Electro Diagnostic - Per Diem Days

Description Description The Registered Nurse functions as a caregiver for a specific patient population 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. This position directs and oversees the care provided by other caregivers through delegation, validation, evaluation, and coordination. This position effectively coordinates patient care/unit activities among nursing peers, physicians and support services. Responsibilities Responsibilities A Registered Nurse at Hackensack Meridian Health delivers nursing practices according to up-to-date evidence-based research, nursing policies, and standards of care to provide safe and excellent delivery of individualized patient care. A day in the life includes: Assessment, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation. Assessment 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. Plan 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 plan of care which is patient/family focused, prioritized and encompasses the continuum of care. Implementation Communicates, coordinates, and implements the plan of care. Provides ongoing communication with patient/family, nursing colleagues and other members of the health care team regarding patient’s status, rendered care 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 the patient’s needs, advocates appropriately and demonstrates evidence-based nursing practice and compliance with standards. Performs continuous Point-of-Care electronic documentation of each patient’s assessments, plan-of-care, interventions and evaluation of rendered care. Medication administration utilizing current technologies to ensure the safest delivery of medications to patients. Discharge planning to ensure safe transitioning and continuum of care. Evaluation Evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes. Uses critical thinking based on nursing knowledge to achieve desired patient outcomes. Initiates interventions related to patient’s change in condition and unexpected responses to care. Additional Responsibilities Identifies ethical issues in the practice setting and brings them to the attention of the team. Recognizes and responds to opportunities to enhance patient satisfaction. Maintains competencies, certifications and continuing education to meet facility accreditation or licensing requirements. Adheres to American Nurses Association Code for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. Lift a minimum of 35 lbs., push/pull a minimum of 10 lbs. and stand a minimum of 6 hours a day. Adheres to organizational competencies and standards of behavior. Other duties and/or projects as assigned. Qualifications Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required BSN in progress and/or willing to acquire within three (3) years of hire. Six (6) or more months of relevant nursing experience OR active participation in Hackensack Meridian Health’s Nurse Residency Program. Ability to learn quickly, adapt to changing patient needs, a strong sense of accountability, teamwork, ongoing education, and high-quality patient care. Education, Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Preferred National Certification in area of specialty preferred when eligible. Licenses And Certifications Required NJ State Professional Registered Nurse License. AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS HCP). HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posting rate of pay is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay at the time of posting and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Job Duties The starting rate of pay is provided for informational purposes only and is not a guarantee of a specific offer. Paid hourly rates may be stated as annual salary in the offer. The base compensation may differ from the posted rate based on factors such as: labor market data, experience, education/certifications, skills, geographic location, internal equity, and budgets/ grant funding. Some roles may be eligible for incentives or shift differentials. HMH offers a comprehensive benefits package. #J-18808-Ljbffr