Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room
Company: Memorial Health
Location: Decatur
Posted on: April 19, 2024
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Job Description:
Overview:Manages, coordinates and performs nursing care with
compassion and care for an assigned group of patients and their
families and incorporate preventative measures.NURSING GOAL: A goal
of nursing is to educate and restore a patient to an optimal level
of wellness as defines by the patient and their families and
incorporate preventative measures.Qualifications:Education and/or
Other RequirementsGraduate of an accredited school of professional
nursing. Current registration or eligibility for licensure with the
State of Illinois for practice as a professional
nurse.QualificationsTo perform this job successfully, an individual
must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The
requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge,
skill, and/or ability required.Current Hepatitis b vaccinationWill
complete additional training or demonstrate competency in skills
identified in the unit-specific competency plan and skills
list.Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and
strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security
operations for the protection of people, data, property, and
institutions.Ability to listen to and understand information and
ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.Ability to apply
general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make
sense.Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in
writing.Ability to combine pieces of information to form general
rules or conclusions.Gives full attention to what other people are
saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking
questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate
times.Ability to see details at close range.Actively looks for ways
to help people.Understand written sentences and paragraphs in work
related documents.Awareness of others reactions and understanding
why they react as they do.Uses logic and reasoning to identify the
strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or
approaches to problems.Responsibilities:CLINICAL JUDGEMENT Clinical
reasoning, which includes decision-making, critical thinking, and a
global grasp of the situation, coupled with nursing skills acquired
through a process of integrating formal and informal experiential
knowledge and evidence-based guidelines.Demonstrates the ability to
assess the full scope of patient needs, using the nursing process
on a continuous basis.Utilizes past nursing experience to
anticipate problems while seeking out multi-disciplinary
collaboration with comfort, when necessary.Recognizes patterns and
trends that may predict the direction of illness.CARING PRACTICES:
Nursing activity that create a compassionate, supportive, and
therapeutic environment for patients/families and staff. Working on
anothers behalf and representing the concerns of the patient/family
and nursing staff; serving as a moral agent in identifying and
helping to resolve ethical and clinical concerns within and outside
the clinical setting.Promotes safety throughout patients and
familys transitions along the healthcare continuum.Actively
anticipates and monitors patient and family changes, responds
appropriately.Effectively resolves patient complaints.Engages all
patients in a personalized, compassionate
manner.COLLABORATION/SYSTEMS THINKING Working with others (e.g.,
patients, families, healthcare providers) in a way that
promotes/encourages each persons contribution toward achieving
optimal/realistic patient/family goals. Involves intra-and inter-
disciplinary work with colleagues and community. Body of knowledge
and tools that allow the nurse to manage whatever Environmental and
system resources exist for the patient/family and staff, within or
across healthcare and non-healthcare systems.Consults and
coordinates with team members to assess, plan, implement and
evaluate patient care plans.Actively utilizes evidence-based
practice and customer service data to improve caring
practices.Effectively plans and communicates patient care
plans.Facilitates active involvement of others in team meetings
regarding patient care and/or practice issues.Seeks out
opportunities to be taught, coached, and mentored.Recruits diverse
resources when appropriate to optimize patient outcomes.Serves as a
resource to department and patient/family.RESPONSE TO DIVERSITY The
sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences
into the provision of care. Differences may include, but are not
limited to, cultural differences, personalities, spiritual beliefs,
gender, race, ethnicity, lifestyle, socioeconomic status, age, and
values.Integrates cultural differences into patient/family care;
incorporates appropriate alternative therapies.Tailors healthcare
culture to meet the diverse needs and strengths of each
patient/family.FACILITATION OF LEARNING The ability to facilitate
learning for patients/families, nursing staff, other members of the
healthcare team, and community. Include both formal and informal
facilitation of learning.Develops and modifies patient/family
education programs throughout delivery of care, collaborating and
incorporating all healthcare providers and educational
plans.Provides individualized care.Evaluates patients understanding
by observing behavior changes throughout plan of care.Sets
patient-driven goals for education.Work toward achieving Bachelor
of Science in Nursing degree.CLINICAL INQUIRY (INNOVATOR/EVALUATOR)
The ongoing process of questioning and evaluating practice and
providing informed practice. Creating practice changes through
research utilization and experimental learning.Adapts standards of
care to serve particular patient populations.Seeks out advice to
improve patient care.Evaluates current practices based on patient
responses, analysis of literature, research, and
education.Incorporates evidence based practice into care
delivery.Actively pursues continuing educational
opportunities.Performs other duties as assigned.by Jobble
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