Registered Nurse - Observation - Per Diem Days

Overview The Registered Nurse at Hackensack Meridian Health provides direct and coordinated care to a specific patient population, expanding knowledge and skills, and working within an interdisciplinary team. The RN directs and oversees care provided by other caregivers, ensuring safe and excellent delivery of individualized patient care. Responsibilities 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. 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. 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 the 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 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. Medication administration utilizing the newest advancements in bar-scanning and documentation technologies designed to ensure the safest delivery of medications to our patients. Multi-disciplinary discharging of patients to ensure safe transitioning and continuum 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 patient's change in condition and unexpected response to care. Identifies ethical issues in the practice setting and brings them to the attention of other team members. Recognizes and responds to opportunities to enhance patient satisfaction. Must acquire and maintain competencies, certifications and continuing education in order to meet any facility accreditation or individual licensing requirements. Adheres to American Nurses Association Code for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. Lifts a minimum of 35 lbs., pushes and pulls a minimum of 10 lbs. and stands a minimum of 6 hours a day. Adheres to HMH's Organizational and Managerial competencies and standards of behavior. Other duties and/or projects as assigned. Qualifications Current and valid New Jersey Nursing license is required BLS/CPR certification by American Heart Association is required BSN in progress and/or willing to acquire within three (3) years of hire Must have six (6) or more months of nursing experience OR must be an active participant with Hackensack Meridian Health’s Nurse Residency Program Telemetry certification is a plus The ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing patient needs, a strong sense of accountability for improving the lives of our patients and their caregivers, an exceptional focus on teamwork, dedication to ongoing education and the ability and passion to deliver the highest quality of care based on a strong sense of patient focus are all required Benefits Health, dental, vision, paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and retirement benefits. Competitive compensation: starting rate $46.25 hourly; may include performance-based incentives, bonuses, commissions and shift differentials. Compensation determined by labor market data, experience, education, certifications, skills, geographic location, internal equity, budget and grant funding. #J-18808-Ljbffr