Medical Staff - RN

Company: CHRISTUS Health
Location: Alamogordo
Posted on: April 23, 2025

Job Description:

The competent Nurse, in the same or similar clinical setting, practices independently and demonstrates an awareness of all relevant aspects of a situation. Provides routine and complex care, with the ability to on long-range goals or plans. Continues to develop the ability to cope with and manage contingencies of clinical nursing. Makes appropriate assignments and delegates to other care providers as a means to help manage the clinical situation.Consistent with the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice, provides nursing care utilizing the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention and evaluation for assigned patients.Documents patient history, symptoms, medication, and care given.Assess learning needs and provides education to patients, family members and/or care givers; Standard I: Utilizes the Nursing ProcessUses critical thinking skills to assess the basic physical, psychosocial, social, cultural, spiritual, and development needs of patient and familiesCommunicates findings to appropriate healthcare team membersDevelops and uses a specific plan of care and modifies it to meet individual patient needs using evidence-based practiceImplements patient care and therapeutic procedures; monitors and documents progression of treatment and teaching goalsEvaluates the care and treatment(s) provided to the patient and the patient response to the care and treatment(s)Must be able to perform unit-specific competencies based on the specific patient care need for the designated unit's patient populationUnit OperationsPlans, directs, and evaluates the overall nursing care and functions in a particular nursing unit during an assigned shiftDemonstrates good stewardship in proper use and maintenance of equipment and SuppliesEducates and trains others on the operations, ethics, and regulations within the industrySafe Practice/Quality Care/RegulationsDemonstrates accountability for nursing research and quality improvement activitiesProvides evidence-based nursing careCommunicates patient information effectively across the continuum of careEducates and trains others on the operations, ethics, and regulations within the industryKnowledge of federal, state and local healthcare-related laws and regulations; ability to comply with these in healthcare practices and activitiesClinical Policies and StandardsAnalyzes policy and standards documentation and ensures organizational complianceAssists in the development and implementation of specific proceduresWorks with control and monitoring mechanisms, tools and techniquesHealth Information DocumentationDescribes the flow of information between various stations or unitsDiscusses the functions, features and document flow of electronic documentationExplains health information documentation best practices and their rationale across health care practicesMedical EquipmentDescribes experience with basic medical equipment used in own unit or facilityUses standard diagnostic tools and techniques to resolves common equipment problemsEducates patients about the appropriate use of home medical equipmentEnsures that all equipment and related supplies are in proper working order prior to use to ensure patient safetyInspects, troubleshoots and evaluates incoming equipmentMedical Order ProcessingShares experiences with processing medical orders for one or more groups of patients or conditionsDescribes functions and features of the system used to enter, validate, update and forward medical ordersDescribes experiences in reading and interpreting patient charts for patients on unit and under own careRecognizes unexpected readings and alerts nursing or medical staffUtilizes appropriate systems to document misses and near misses, participates in immediate investigating, analysis and reporting in real-timeBachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred1 year of experience in the related nursing specialty preferredLicenses, Registrations, or CertificationsRN License in state of employment or compactFull TimeIf you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact us at (844) 257-6925.

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