Registered Nurse - CICU
Company: Providence Health & Services
Location: Lubbock
Posted on: August 5, 2022
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Job Description:
Description Covenant Health is seeking an Full-time, Day Shift
Registered Nurse with the Cardiac ICU at Covenant Medical Center.
Apply Today! Applicants that meet qualifications will receive a
text with some additional questions from our Modern Hire system.
Hiring Bonus for eligible external candidates who meet all
conditions for payment - this is in addition to the fantastic
benefits and compensation package offered by Providence that begin
on your first day of employment. Job Summary : The RN independently
uses the nursing process to safely, therapeutically and efficiently
care for a group of patients. Uses information from a variety of
sources to assess, plan, implement, identify outcomes and evaluate
patient's plan of care. Essential Functions: COLLABORATION: The
process whereby the health care team plan and practice together as
colleagues, working interdependently within the boundaries of their
scope of practices using shared values and mutual respect for each
other's contribution to care for individuals, their families and
communities. Major elements include non-hierarchal relationships
and intra-inter professional collegiality. * Facilitates patient
care through developing and maintaining therapeutic & effective
communication/ relationships with patient/family and the health
care team: ? Recognizes and communicates patient condition/care
changes to charge nurse, supervisor, medical staff and other team
members within an appropriate time frame; completes bedside shift
report and documentation in a timely manner. ? Anticipates and is
prepared to present information to patients and families regarding
plan of care. ? Demonstrates knowledge and appropriate use of chain
of command. ? Participates in staff meetings by constructively
communicating issues and offering solutions that affect the unit. ?
Promotes collaborative and caring relationships with colleagues
that contribute to teamwork and respects culturally diverse
individuals and viewpoints. ? Seeks assistance and support in
unfamiliar clinical situations and utilizes the guidance of
mentors. ? Demonstrates professional behavior with
patients/families and healthcare team, treating others with dignity
and respect according to CHS values. * Participates in shared
governance and participative leadership, including appropriate
delegation of care: ? Appropriately delegates, supervises, and
evaluates abilities and performance of other team members.
Identifies and communicates opportunities for improved team
performance. ? Includes patient/family in implementing the plan of
care based upon their ability to participate in and make decisions
regarding care. ? Demonstrates awareness of competency, job
description and scope of practice of patient care team members when
delegating aspects of care. ? Participates and follows through with
unit/service level shared governance activities. ? Verbalizes and
supports unit goals. * Demonstrates awareness of unit/service
budget and guidelines related to staffing and scheduling: ?
Demonstrates efficient use of time, equipment and supplies. ?
Provides input for capital budget. ? Follows scheduling guidelines
and demonstrates flexibility in order to meet unit and patient
needs. CLINICAL PRACTICE: The practitioner is accountable to
recognize the health and quality of life needs of the patient,
family and community and to collaborate with them to achieve
mutually agreed upon goals. The practitioner utilizes his/her
specialized skills and scientific knowledge to design collaborative
and integrated care that binds together all resources in a goal
oriented movement toward health. Components of clinical practice
are competence, evidenced based practice/continuous quality
improvement, advanced practice nursing and practice standards. *
Implements safe and therapeutic care for patients and provides a
safe environment specific to age and development of the patient
population served: ? Adheres to all safety policies and procedures;
identifies safety issues or hazards in the work environment and
communicates deficiencies appropriately. ? Implements a safe and
therapeutic plan of care for patients of minimal complexity
according to the hospital's policies and procedures. ? Requests
assistance from mentor, resource nurse or team leaders when
essential care cannot be completed. ? Provides ongoing teaching to
patient/family regarding testing, treatment and procedures. ?
Recognizes and responds to priorities in meeting patient care
responsibilities; detects obvious changes in patient's condition.
Incorporates clinical findings into priority setting. ? Includes
patient and family in implementing a culturally sensitive plan
based upon their ability to participate and make decisions
regarding care. * Assists in creating an environment that promotes
educational growth opportunities for peers and develops ongoing
plan for self-development: ? Recognizes and verbalizes own learning
needs. ? Participates in learning activities to obtain skills that
meet gaps between desired and actual performance. ? In
collaboration with manager/mentor, develops plan for meeting
learning needs during orientation and on an ongoing basis. ?
Provides and receives constructive feedback to/from team members. ?
Shares new ideas/information attained from attending educational
opportunities. * Assures quality through application of
evidenced-based practice to policy, procedure, standards of care,
clinical pathways and protocol changes: ? Follows policy,
procedure, standards of care, and protocol changes common to
patient population. ? Participates in performance improvement
activities as directed. ? Demonstrates accountability for apprising
self of posted policies, procedures, standards of care, clinical
pathways and protocol changes. * Maintains clinical competence: ?
Maintains knowledge of Nurse Practice Act. ? Demonstrates and
maintains competence in required hospital wide and service specific
competency programs. ? Demonstrates the knowledge and skills
necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients
served including knowledge of the principles of growth and
development, psychosocial characteristics, and interventions for
age-specific requirements of the assigned unit. * Utilizes nursing
process to perform a comprehensive, age-specific assessment of
patient & family needs, including identification of formal teaching
needs for specific patients/families and communities: ?
Demonstrates the ability to assess and prioritize the cultural,
physical, psychosocial, and spiritual patient/family needs. ?
Utilizes resources: e.g., Advanced Practice Nurses, literature,
etc. when caring for patients with unfamiliar diagnoses. ? Assesses
patient's needs and conditions at regular intervals as defined in
unit standards of care, including hourly rounding. ? Utilizes
screening tools to identify the need for interdisciplinary
assessment. ? Assesses needs, preferred learning style and barriers
(i.e. cultural, psychomotor) to patient and family education. ?
Reinforces established education plan. ? Identifies teaching goals
with patient and family and provides teaching based on documented
learning needs. ? Educates patient/family about their plan of care
across the continuum, including post-hospitalization self-care and
consult for appropriate resources. * Utilizes nursing process to
develop/revise plan of care and evaluates patient progress toward
expected outcomes: ? Utilizes interdisciplinary assessment data to
develop/contribute to plan of care. ? Evaluates the patient's
progress toward attaining expected outcomes in a systematic,
ongoing, and culturally sensitive criterion-based manner and
revises plan of care. ? Responsible for accurate, complete, and
individualized documentation of patient assessment, goals, plan of
care, interventions and care provided, as well as patient's
progress toward discharge goals. CULTURE & CARING: The central
theme of the CHS Practice Model is the caring relationship that
exists between the patient/family and nurse. Caring practices are
activities that are responsive to the uniqueness of the
patient/family and that create a compassionate and therapeutic
environment. Holistic practice addresses physical, emotional,
spiritual, cognitive and developmental needs of patients and
families across the life span. Care for the body, mind and spirit -
from birth to final stage of life - is a desired characteristic of
professional practice. Culture is a collection of traditions,
beliefs, values and behaviors that make up the context for how care
is delivered. Culture forms and develops over time. The desired
culture supports and values are: * Innovative and improvement,
openness, risk taking, integrity, trust and mutual respect. * A
nursing code of ethics which is securely integrated into day to day
activities. * Interdisciplinary collaboration. * Advancement of
nursing practice. * Reward and recognition for professional
achievements. * Demonstrates commitment toward patient advocacy,
customer satisfaction, and a culture based on innovation, openness,
integrity, trust and mutual respect while maintaining ethical
standards. Cross reference the Values Based Competencies: ?
Demonstrates behaviors reflective of caring and concern for
customer satisfaction, i.e. advocacy, listening, compassion,
comfort, honor and respect, follow through on customer requests. ?
Identifies opportunities for improvement in customer satisfaction.
? Seeks assistance as needed to advocate for the patient and
family. ? Demonstrates actions that support philosophy of family
centered care. ? Serves as a resource for patient advocacy
initiatives such as restraint use, spirituality, pain management. ?
Demonstrates the values of dignity and justice by assuring respect
for privacy and confidentiality and participation by the
patient/families in decisions regarding care; complies with the
patient's bill of rights and the patient's advanced directive. ?
Verbalizes knowledge of "staff rights" policy and Ethics
Guidelines. ? Recognizes and reports incompetent/unsafe/unethical
care practices. Minimum Position Qualifications: Education:
Keywords: Providence Health & Services, Lubbock , Registered Nurse - CICU, Healthcare , Lubbock, Texas
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