Registered Nurse (RN) - Med Surg

51117601

• POSITION STANDARDS
  
  
  • EDUCATION:
    
    
    • Graduate from an accredited school of nursing, current New Hampshire license.
      
      

    • Current BCLS certification required upon hire.

    • Current ACLS certification required within 90 days of hire.

    
    
    
  • EXPERIENCE:
    • None required.
      
      
    
    
    
  • PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
    • Active participant in inservices, educational programs, and educational conferences.
      Exhibits membership in organizations relevant to professional growth.
      
      
    
    
    
  • AGE OF PATIENTS TREATED:
    • The Medical/Surgical Unit Registered Professional Nurse cares for pediatric through
      geriatric patients.
      
      
    
    
    
  
  
  
  
  
• POSITION PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
  • Anything listed here requires a pre-employment physical by Employee Health to determine if the employee is capable of meeting the requirements.
    
    
    • Physical Activity:
      
      
      • Sitting - 34% to 66%
        
        
      • Standing - 67% to 100%
        
        
      • Walking - 67% to 100%
        
        
      • Bending - 67% to 100%
        
        
      • Squatting - 67% to 100%
        
        
      • Crouching - 67% to 100%
        
        
      • Kneeling - 34% to 66%
        
        
      • Reaching - 67% to 100%
        
        
      
      
      
    • Upper Extremity:
      • Use of Upper Extremity - 67% to 100%
        
        
      
      
      
    • Push/Pull/Lift/Carry:
      • Initial push up to a maximum of 37 lbs - 1% to 33%
        
        
      • Initial pull up to a maximum of 37 lbs - 1% to 33%
        
        
      • Sustained push up to a maximum of 18 lbs - 1% to 33%
        
        
      • Sustained pull up to a maximum of 18 lbs - 1% to 33%
        
        
      • Lift up to a maximum of 35 lbs - 67% to 100%
        
        
      • Carry up to a maximum of 35 lbs - 67% to 100%
        
        
      
      
      
    
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  
  
• PART TWO: FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
  • Position Objective
    
    
    • The Registered Professional Nurses is accountable to meet the complete nursing needs of
      a defined group of patients utilizing the nursing process and the medical plan of care in
      accordance with the New Hampshire Nurse Practice Act and the Patient Bill of Rights.
      
      
    
    
    
  • Performance Expectation
    • Knowledge of medications and their correct administration based on age of the
      patient and their clinical condition.
    • Follows the seven medication rights and reduces the potential for medication errors.
    • Performs patient care using an integrated approach that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/healthcare errors.
    • Ability to formulate an individual plan of care, revise plan as indicated by the patients response to treatment and evaluate overall plan for effectiveness.
    • Communicates clinical information appropriately to provide for an interdisciplinary approach to the patients needs. Collaborates with all ancillary departments.
    • Coordinates and supervises patient care, as necessary.
    • Demonstrates an ability to organize and prioritize job function.
    • Demonstrates critical thinking skills, using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
    • Performs physical/psychosocial assessment to collect data: follows the written plan of care, standards, practice guidelines.
    • Utilizes assessment data to identify patient care needs, to include patient education and discharge planning.
    • Recognizes and reports abnormal assessment data and incorporates findings into the plan of care: validates and revises expected outcomes based on assessment.
    • Accurately and legibly documents all patient care activities, including but not limited to, wound assessment, patient care teaching, demonstrated progress toward goals, medication administration, nursing flow sheets and all assessment forms.
    • Delegates tasks to the health care team members appropriately.
    • Demonstrates unit specific competencies.
    
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  
  

Min: $39.13

• Area of Interest: Nursing Services;
• Work Status: 0700-1900;
• Employment Type: Full Time;
• Job ID: 5920

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