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SoutheastHEALTH Registered Nurse in Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Registered Nurse
Nursing - RN
Cape Girardeau,
Missouri
Neurosciences 4E Full-Time
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Description
The registered professional nurse coordinates, plans, directs and implements the nursing process in the delivery of patient careBegin:
Plan, organize, direct, utilize nursing process
Medication management
Patient safety
IV therapy skills
Critical thinking skills
Recognition of patient changes
Interpersonal interactions
Customer Service (First Class Care)
Computer system for documentation
Patient Education focusing on Neuro
Patient Advocacy
Supervise Nurse Aids, Unit Techs and other ancillary staff
Communication skills
Meet Joint Commission and State requirements for stroke education
Perform hands-on nursing care by utilizing the nursing process to achieve quality outcomes for patients
Provides direction and supervision of ancillary nursing personnel, demonstrates professional judgment, uses problem solving techniques and time-management principles, and delegates appropriately
Acts as a resource and a role model for nursing staff and participates in activities such as nursing committees and professional organizations that promote the improvement of nursing care
Prepares patients and their families for future self-management and decision-making responsibilities by fostering clients’ independence and goal achievement
Implements a plan of care by providing nursing care and education directly or through ancillary personnel, as needed, to maintain and restore function and prevent complications and further loss
Evaluates the nursing care that is being provided and modifies the plan, as needed, to achieve measurable goals and objectives
Other specified duties as outlined in unit specific competencies
Become:
Graduation from a professional nursing program
Registered professional nurse licensed by the state of Missouri and current CPR certification
Complete basic Arrthymia course within 6 months of employment
Attend Neuroscience Nursing course as assigned by nurse manager
Must be able to read, write and speak English