Registered Nurse (Medical-Surgical Observation), Part-Time (Days)

Quick Facts

• Role: Registered Nurse (Medical-Surgical Observation), Part-Time (Days)

• Setting: Inpatient acutely ill patient care

Description

Part-time Day shift Registered Nurse role caring for acutely ill patients through the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation. You will coordinate individualized care, direct the appropriate use of assistants, and collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and the care team while maintaining professional nursing practice standards. Practice is guided by best available evidence and requires thorough documentation of patient responses.

Responsibilities

• Collect and analyze patient data; identify expected outcomes; develop and implement an individualized plan of care.

• Coordinate care delivery and evaluate progress toward attainment of outcomes.

• Direct care and determine appropriate utilization of any assistant involved in direct patient care.

• Collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and ancillary staff; create a documented, outcome-focused care plan.

• Participate in shared governance, committee work, and unit projects.

• Evaluate and document patient responses to nursing interventions; individualize the plan of care based on evaluation findings.

• Use best available evidence, including research findings, to guide practice decisions.

Requirements

• BSN

• Current State of Illinois Registered Professional Nurse

• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Ability to collaborate with others

• Strong analytic abilities

• If Associate Degree Nursing (ADN): commit to obtain BSN within three years of first day in the clinical nurse role

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits supporting employees’ physical, emotional, and financial well-being, and protection for unexpected life events (eligibility depends on employment classification).

• Sign-on bonus eligibility may apply in specific circumstances; internal employees/rehirees who left within 1 year are not eligible (exceptions apply for new graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed RN position at NM).