Registered Nurse (RN) - Women's Services

About This Role

The Clinical Nurse Registered Nurse (RN) is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team who ensures patients, families and significant others receive individualized, high-quality, safe patient care within a clinical environment administered by Nurse Managers and supported through the Wellstar Shared Governance Model.

Responsibilities

• Performs the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation) in the performance of clinical care using evidence base practice, uses analytical/critical thinking and ensuring that care is individualized
• Coordinates care through effective partnerships recognizing that caring is central to achieve optimal patient care outcomes
• Provides relationship-based patient centered care that is consistent with population specific characteristics (e.g., age, gender, disease, etc.) in a manner that adapts service delivery to reflect an understanding of cultural diversity
• Partners with the patient and significant others (as appropriate) using appropriate method for setting and purpose (e.g., bedside shift report; interdisciplinary rounds; just in time and planned patient teaching; keeping the patient and significant others updated and making the patients goals the focus of the plan of care
• Practices using current clinical practice standards
• Coordinates the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care that promotes the professional care delivery model
• Demonstrates teamwork and collaboration by practicing in a manner that is fiscally responsible and promotes the recruitment and retention of all healthcare team members
• Participates and supports performance improvement inclusive of all stakeholders, research and research utilization to promote safe, quality patient care
• Completes all initial and ongoing professional competency assessment, required mandatory education, population specific education
• Serves as a preceptor and/or or mentor for other professional nurses (and staff or students for all disciplines) to ensure that there is a current and future qualified workforce

Requirements

• Ability to read, write and speak English language
• Ability to optimize the use of technology to support clinical care and holds basic computer skills
• Strong interpersonal, collaborative skills along with customer service skills
• Ability to function in a fast paced environment and respond to emergencies in using a decisive, composed and respectful manner
• Possess excellent time management skills; practices nursing using evidence and analytical skills along with possessing strong critical thinking skills

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree in Nursing or Diploma (Nurse) Nursing, Bachelor's in Nursing is preferred
• 1 year of accredited/approved school of nursing with requisition clinical hours and 1 year of direct patient care experience (preferred)

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