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SoutheastHEALTH Registered Nurse in Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Registered Nurse
Nursing - RN
Cape Girardeau,
Missouri
Inpatient Rehabilitation Full-Time
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Description
Night ShiftThe registered professional nurse coordinates, plans, directs and implements the nursing process in the delivery of patient careBegin
Assist individuals with disability and/or chronic illness to attain and maintain maximum function
Assists patients in adapting to an altered lifestyle, while providing a therapeutic environment for patient’s and their family’s development
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
Coordinates nursing care activities in collaboration with other members of the interdisciplinary rehabilitation team to facilitate achievement of overall goals
Demonstrates effective oral and written communication skills to develop a rapport with clients, their families and health team members and to ensure the fulfillment of requirements for legal documentation and reimbursement
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
Reinforces the teaching done by specialists in rehabilitation and other areas of the hospital and provides resource materials for patients’ changing needs
Implements a plan of care by providing nursing care and education directly or through ancillary personnel, as need, 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
Participates in the interdisciplinary team process at team conferences and other team meetings and offers input into team decision making
Intervenes with team members and other healthcare professionals to ensure that the optimal opportunity for recovery is made available to the patient, the most significant member of the rehabilitation team
Collaborates with team members to achieve cost-effective care by utilizing appropriate clinical measures to meet emergent physical, psychosocial and spiritual situations
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
Patient Advocacy
Supervise Nurse Aids, Unit Techs and other ancillary staff.
Document Quality Indicators
Other duties as assigned
Become
Graduation from a professional nursing program
Registered professional nurse licensed by the state of Missouri and current CPR certification
Certified in Quality Indicators within 2 years
Current Basic Life Support completion (CPR)
Must be able to read, write and speak English