Registered Nurse - LTACH - Per Diem Nights
Company: Hackensack Meridian Health
Location: Perth Amboy
Posted on: April 16, 2024
Job Description:
Overview
Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At
Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better,
healthier lives - and we help one another to succeed. With a
culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are
team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning.
It's also about how we support one another and how we show up for
our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our
mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive
change.
Responsibilities
A day in the life of a Registered Nurse - Rehabilitation at
Hackensack Meridian Health includes:
- A Registered Nurse at Hackensack Meridian Health involves the
delivery of nursing practices according to the most up-to-date
evidence-based research, nursing policies, and standards of care,
to provide and ensure safe and excellent delivery of individualized
patient care. A day in the life of a Registered Nurse includes:
Assessment, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation.
- Assessment:
- Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health
or the situation.
- Performs age and disease specific assessment / data collection
independently in a systematic manner focusing on physiologic,
psychological and cognitive status.
- Recognizes clinical and diagnostic status changes in patient
status.
- Identifies variables in patient/family education needs based on
age, disease, and culturally specific learning differences.
- Plan
- Develops a plan of care that prescribes strategies and
interventions to attain expected outcomes.
- Formulates age and disease specific patient / family centered
goals / outcomes based on assessment data.
- Develops and coordinates a plan of care which is patient /
family focused, prioritized and encompasses the continuum of care.
- Implementation:
- Communicates, coordinates, and implements the plan of
care.
- Provides ongoing communication with patient / family, nursing
colleagues and other members of the health care team regarding
patient's status, rendered care and treatment plans.
- Implements age and disease specific care in an organized and
timely manner.
- Provides or coordinates the patient / family education as
needed and ensures understanding.
- Performs according to established protocols in clinical
situations, including communicating with appropriate persons and
documenting events.
- Provides nursing care and treatments that reflect the patients'
needs, advocates appropriately and demonstrates evidence-based
nursing practice and compliance with standards.
- Performs continuous Point-of-Care electronic documentation of
each individual patient's assessments, plan-of-care, interventions
and evaluation of rendered care.
- Medication administration utilizing the newest advancements in
bar-scanning and documentation technologies designed to ensure the
safest delivery of medications to our patients.
- Multi-disciplinary discharging of patients to ensure safe
transitioning and continuum of care.
- Evaluation:
- Evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes.
- Utilizes critical thinking skills based on nursing knowledge to
achieve desired patient outcomes.
- Initiates interventions related to patient's change in
condition and unexpected response to care.
- Additional Responsibilities:
- Identifies ethical issues in the practice setting and brings
them to the attention of other team members.
- Recognizes and responds to opportunities to enhance patient
satisfaction.
- Must acquire and maintain competencies, certifications and
continuing education in order to meet any facility accreditation or
individual licensing requirements.
- Adheres to American Nurses Association Code for Nurses with
Interpretive Statements.
- Adheres to HMH Organizational and Managerial competencies and
standards of behavior.
- Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
Qualifications
Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
- BSN in progress and/or willing to acquire within three (3)
years of hire. (Note this applies to team members hired on or after
November 2019).
- Must have six (6) or more months of relevant nursing experience
OR must be an active participant with Hackensack Meridian Health
Nurse Residency Program.
- The ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing patient
needs, a strong sense of accountability for improving the lives of
our patients and their caregivers, an exceptional focus on
teamwork, dedication to ongoing education and the ability and
passion to deliver the highest quality of care based on a strong
sense of patient focus are all required. Education, Knowledge,
Skills and Abilities Preferred:
- National Certification in area of specialty preferred when
eligible. Licenses and Certifications Required:
- NJ State Professional Registered Nurse License.
- AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP Certification. If you
feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths
and capabilities, then please apply today!
Our Network
Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) is a Mandatory Influenza
Vaccination Facility
As a courtesy to assist you in your job search, we would like to
send your resume to other areas of our Hackensack Meridian Health
network who may have current openings that fit your skills and
experience.
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