RN - Short Stay Surgery Ortho, Nights
Company: SSM Health
Location: Saint Louis
Posted on: August 7, 2022
Job Description:
$15,000 Sign on bonus eligible!!!36 hrs./week. 3- 12 hrs.
shifts. Work weekends and also 3rd rotating weekend.. Breaks
National Holidays in 3 rotations.2 East is a 27 bed unit
specializing in the care of Total Joint Replacements, general
Orthopedic and Short Stay Surgical patients including GYN, and
URO-Gyn. Out patient population ranges from young adult to
geriatric. Patient care is provided according to national standards
and guidelines and is individualized by way of age specific and
need assessment. We strive for exceptional patient care and
satisfaction. We do this by conducting bedside shift report, hourly
nurse rounding, and leadership rounding.Provides direct nursing
care in accordance with established policies, procedures and
protocols of the healthcare organization.PRIMARY
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Uses standards of medical-surgical nursing practice to increase
the quality of care and quality of life for the patient, family,
and significant other(s) by systematically evaluating the quality
and effectiveness of nursing practice.
- Establishes effective relationships and serves as an advocate
with the patient, family, and significant other(s) to facilitate
the development of the care plan unique to the patients care
needs.
- Uses the nursing process to develop and implement the plan of
care, collect assessment data for each patient, determine
appropriate nursing diagnoses, identify expected patient outcomes,
determine the plan of care, implement interventions, and evaluate
patient outcomes.
- Develops assessment and management strategies based on a
consideration of the physical, functional, cultural, social,
economic, developmental, spiritual, vocational, and leisure
dimensions of human responses to actual and potential health
problems.
- Demonstrates knowledge of the impact of actual or potential
illness and each patients physical, functional, cultural, social,
economic, developmental, spiritual, vocational, and leisure
status.
- Utilizes leadership skills by coordinating and collaborating
with the patient, family, significant other(s), communities, and
members of the inter-professional team in assessing needs, setting
goals, planning interventions, providing care, and evaluating
outcomes.
- Utilizes effective communication to participate with the
patient, family, significant other(s), and other health care
providers in collaborative decision making that reflects the
understanding that care should be culturally sensitive, ethical,
legal, holistic, informed, compassionate, and humane, and within
the boundaries of available economic resources.
- Educates the patient, family, and significant other(s) about
measures that promote, maintain, and restore health or promote
comfort.
- Fosters a healthy work environment within the practice setting
and profession by serving as a mentor and role model for nursing
colleagues, students, and others.
- Applies the existing body of evidence-based practice and
scientific knowledge in health care to medical-surgical nursing
practice, ensuring that nursing care is delivered based on patients
age-specific needs and clinical needs as described in the
department's Scope of Service.
- Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
- May perform point of care testing according to policies and
procedures.
- Performs other duties as assigned.EDUCATION
- Graduate of accredited school of nursingEXPERIENCE
- No experience requiredPHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Constant use of speech to share information through oral
communication.
- Constant standing and walking.
- Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing
0-25 lbs.
- Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
- Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near
(20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and
distinguish colors.
- Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
- Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication,
distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning
machinery, etc.
- Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects
weighing 25-50 lbs.
- Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
- Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting,
gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
- Occasional driving.
- Rare crawling and running.Required
Keywords: SSM Health, St. Louis , RN - Short Stay Surgery Ortho, Nights, Healthcare , Saint Louis, Missouri
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