Staff Nurse (Primary Care)

Quick Facts

• Part-time: 32 hours/week
• Role: Staff Nurse in Primary Care

Description

A clinically competent registered nurse who provides nursing care using the nursing process (assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation) for acutely ill patients. The role also includes phone triage, delivery of abnormal test results, and corresponding care instructions, while maintaining professional nursing standards and safe, evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient care using evidence-based practice to optimize safety and reduce medical/healthcare errors
• Administer medications safely (six medication rights) based on patient age and clinical condition
• Use critical thinking to justify clinical decisions
• Assess and integrate physical, psychosocial, rehab, safety, learning, spiritual/cultural, age-specific, special risk, and self-care needs
• Identify patient care needs/problems/variances and incorporate them into the care plan
• Assess learning needs and readiness; identify support systems, coping mechanisms, and barriers to learning
• Educate patients and families about procedures, therapies, treatments, and evaluate/document responses
• Develop, implement, and update an individualized plan of care including nursing, teaching, continuum of care, and discharge planning
• Assess and reassess pain and use appropriate pain management techniques
• Use quality improvement results to drive changes in nursing practice and care delivery
• Participate in shared governance, committee work, and practice/department projects

Benefits

• A wide range of benefits supporting physical, emotional, and financial well-being and protection for unexpected life events
• Eligibility for benefits depends on employment classification (see benefits page for details)
• Sign-on bonus eligibility rules apply if included in the posting