Staff Nurse - Medical Surgical Nursing (Hiring Immediately)
Company: CHRISTUS Health
Location: San Antonio
Posted on: October 26, 2024
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Job Description:
Description _Summary:_ The competent Nurse, in the same or
similar clinical setting, practices independently and demonstrates
an awareness of all relevant aspects of a situation. Provides
routine and complex care, with the ability to on long- range goals
or plans. Continues to develop the ability to cope with and manage
contingencies of clinical nursing. Makes appropriate assignments
and delegates to other care providers as a means to help manage the
clinical situation. The CHRISTUS Children---s Hospital, established
in 1959, was the first children---s hospital in South-Central
Texas. Located downtown, this 190-plus- bed hospital serves more
than 70,000 children annually from San Antonio, South Texas and
around the world. The hospital (in partnership with Baylor College
of Medicine) is the only academic children---s hospital in San
Antonio. Our highly specialized services meet the unique medical
needs of children, from Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care to
Children---s Emergency Services, the latest treatments for
deformities of the spine including titanium rib implants and halo
traction, a Heart Center, a specialized asthma program, a highly
regarded Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, and growing maternal
services to include consultation, delivery, and maternal fetal
medicine. _Responsibilities:_ Meets expectations of the applicable
OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or
Leader of Leaders. Consistent with the ANA Scope and Standards of
Practice, provides nursing care utilizing the nursing process,
including assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention and
evaluation for assigned patients. Addresses increasingly complex
psychological, emotional, cultural, and social needs of patient and
families in accordance with their level of practice. Using the
appropriate protocol, administers medications and treatments;
monitors for side-effects and effectiveness of the treatment
prescribed. Documents patient history, symptoms, medication, and
care given. Assess learning needs and provides education to
patients, family members andor care givers; identify issues and
resources. CORE COMPETENCIES Standard I: Utilizes the Nursing
Process Uses critical thinking skills to assess the basic physical,
psychosocial, social, cultural, spiritual, and development needs of
patient and families Communicates findings to appropriate
healthcare team members Develops and uses a specific plan of care
and modifies it to meet individual patient needs using
evidence-based practice Implements patient care and therapeutic
procedures; monitors and documents progression of treatment and
teaching goals Evaluates the care and treatment(s) provided to the
patient and the patient response to the care and treatment(s)
Performs timely reassessment and documentation Must be able to
perform unit-specific competencies based on the specific patient
care need for the designated units patient population Standard II.
Patient Throughput & Patient Flow Process Anticipates and plans for
admissiondischargetransfer needs to facilitate patient flow
Utilizes appropriate systems of communication and tools to
facilitate the discharge process Coaches on tools and techniques
for checking, cross checking and validating orders to ensure
accuracy Standard III. Unit Operations Plans, directs, and
evaluates the overall nursing care and functions in a particular
nursing unit during an assigned shift Demonstrates good stewardship
in proper use and maintenance of equipment and Supplies Assesses
departmental staffing needs; actively participates in resourcing
efforts. Educates and trains others on the operations, ethics, and
regulations within the industry Standard IV. Safe PracticeQuality
CareRegulations Incorporates patient safety practicesguidelines to
promote a safe environment resulting in positive patient outcomes
Demonstrates accountability for nursing research and quality
improvement activities Provides evidence-based nursing care
Communicates patient information effectively across the continuum
of care Educates and trains others on the operations, ethics, and
regulations within the industry Knowledge of federal, state and
local healthcare-related laws and regulations; ability to comply
with these in healthcare practices and activities TECHNICAL
COMPETENCIES Clinical Policies and Standards Follows a specific set
of standards and associated clinical procedures Analyzes policy and
standards documentation and ensures organizational compliance
Provides feedback for improvement of procedures Assists in the
development and implementation of specific procedures Works with
control and monitoring mechanisms, tools and techniques Health
Information Documentation Shares experiences with maintaining paper
and electronic patient documentation Walk through the steps and
procedures for receiving, validating and updating patient records
Describes the flow of information between various stations or units
Discusses the functions, features and document flow of electronic
documentation Transcribes verbal orders; explains techniques for
ensuring their accuracy Explains health information documentation
best practices and their rationale across health care practices
Medical Equipment Describes experience with basic medical equipment
used in own unit or facility Uses standard diagnostic tools and
techniques to resolves common equipment problems Educates patients
about the appropriate use of home medical equipment Ensures that
all equipment and related supplies are in proper working order
prior to use to ensure patient safety Inspects, troubleshoots and
evaluates incoming equipment Medical Order Processing Shares
experiences with processing medical orders for one or more groups
of patients or conditions Describes functions and features of the
system used to enter, validate, update and forward medical orders
Discusses common errors, their sources and procedures for
correcting Explains considerations for entering and following
standing orders Differentiates between standing orders and
preprinted orders and considerations for each Patient Chart Reading
and Interpretation Describes experiences in reading and
interpreting patient charts for patients on unit and under own care
Reviews patients--- charts for completion and accuracy; identifies
and alerts to mistakes or omissions Recognizes unexpected readings
and alerts nursing or medical staff Relates examples of
mis-readings or misinterpretations and lessons learned Reviews,
discusses and validates own interpretation with others Patient
Safety Shares experiences with ensuring safety for one or more
patient groups or settings Explains key features of safety
guidelines and procedures for those groups and settings Listens and
responds to safety inquiries from patients and family members
Recognizes and addresses physiological and psychological signs of
problems Describes considerations for patients who can cause to
harm to self, versus harm to others Utilizes appropriate systems to
document misses and near misses, participates in immediate
investigating, analysis and reporting in real-time _Job
Requirements:_ EducationSkills Bachelor of Science Degree in
Nursing, preferred Experience 1 year of experience in the related
nursing specialty preferred Licenses, Registrations, or
Certifications BLS required RN License in state of employment or
compact _Work Schedule:_ Varies _Work Type:_ Full Time EEO is the
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