RN

RN

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a licensed professional who uses the BSWH nursing professional practice model to coordinate patient care delivery by the health care team. Using the nursing process, the RN assesses the patient, identifies nursing diagnoses based on responses to health problems, develops and implements an individualized plan of care, and evaluates the patient's response. The RN promotes safe passage for their patients by using knowledge of patient needs and the healthcare environment to assist patients to transition through the healthcare encounter without any preventable complications or delays. The RN delegates interventions to health care personnel based on the Texas Nursing Practice Act, each patient's condition and the competencies of the employee. RN job is to be used for RNs in hospital inpatient and outpatient departments with 24X7 staffing which include those departments with on-call staffing on the off shifts. Examples of hospital inpatient and outpatient procedural areas: GI Lab, Pain Management, Dialysis, Infusion Centers and IV Services.

Essential functions of the role include clinical judgment, clinical inquiry, caring practices, response to diversity, advocacy and moral agency, facilitation of learning, collaboration, systems thinking, and professionalism. Key success factors include knowledge and understanding of nursing and patient care standards and procedures, knowledge of laws, rules and regulations, knowledge of medical terminology, principles and practices of health promotion, risk reduction, illness and disease prevention and management, medications and drugs, common dosages, their physical and physiological effects, and possible adverse reactions, knowledge of medical and professional nursing ethics and patient privacy rights, ability to communicate thoughts clearly, both verbally and in writing, interpersonal skills to interact with a wide range of constituencies, critical thinking and problem-solving skills, ability to observe changes in the medical condition of patients and effectively communicate these changes to other nursing staff members and physicians/providers, ability to provide age-specific, quality, patient-centered care to all patients through the nursing process and standards of nursing practice with sensitivity and respect for the diversity of human experience and to develop, evaluate, implement and, as necessary, modify a patient care plan to meet the needs of individual patients, and general computer skills.