RN, Registered Nurse - Surgical Services
Company: Christus Health
Location: Corpus Christi
Posted on: April 23, 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. CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus
Christi-Shoreline overlooking Corpus Christi Bay is the largest and
foremost acute care medical facility in the region, with a full
range of diagnostic and surgical specialty services in cardiac,
cancer and stroke care. It is the leading emergency facility in the
area and the only Level II Trauma Center in the Coastal Bend,
staffed with physicians and nurses specially trained in emergency
services. The Pavilion and the Critical Care Center house a
state-of-the-art Emergency Department, ICU, Cardiac Cath Lab and
surgical suites. A teaching facility, in affiliation with the Texas
A&M University System Health Science Center College of Medicine
Accredited Chest Pain Center Accredited Joint Commission Stroke
Team The Shoreline campus is a premiere facility housing many of
the region's most vital and renowned programs such as a Primary
Stroke Center, nationally accredited Cancer Center and a nationally
recognized Chest Pain Center. The Pavilion at CHRISTUS Spohn
Hospital Corpus Christi-Shoreline houses the CHRISTUS Spohn Heart
Network, which was recently recognized as one of the top 100
cardiovascular hospitals in the United States. The Heart Institute
offers the most advanced diagnostic, surgical and rehabilitative
cardiac services in one convenient location. 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 and/or 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 unit's patient population Standard II. Patient
Throughput & Patient Flow Process --- Anticipates and plans for
admission/discharge/transfer 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 Practice/Quality Care/Regulations ---
Incorporates patient safety practices/guidelines 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.
Requirements: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Able to
assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care One-year
experience in nursing preferred. Current Texas State RN License CPR
(American Heart Association) ACLS required within 6 months of
hire/transfer date Alice: PALS within 18 months of hire/transfer
date Work Schedule: 3PM - 11PM Work Type: Full Time EEO is the law
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