About this role
Job Summary:
A registered professional nurse employed by Erlanger Health is responsible for direct and/or indirect care of the patient.
Education:
Required:
Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program.
Preferred:
Graduate of an Accredited four year Nursing Program (BSN)
Experience:
Required:
Preferred:
One year medical/surgical acute care experience.
Position Requirement(s): License/Certification/Registration
Required:
Current, unrestricted North Carolina RN licensure or Multi-State Nursing Compact Licensure. BLS completed prior to going to the unit/department and maintained going forward. Basic de-escalation training within 6 months of hire. Management of Aggressive Behavior (MOAB) or Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) training within 6 months of hire and then annually thereafter. A pediatric educational course specific to assessment, recognition, and stabilization of emergency conditions is required within 12 months and maintained going forward.
The Nurse Licensure Compact will not change how to obtain or renew a North Carolina license. However, the North Carolina nursing license will be a single state license for North Carolina Residents or non-compact state residents. North Carolina licensure or multistate licensure from a compact state must be obtained within three months of hire for non-North Carolina residents.
Department Position Summary:
Adheres to the NCBON RN Nursing Laws and Rules
Assessment:
Determines assessment
Collects, verifies, and interprets data in relation to health
Formulates nursing diagnosis
Planning:
Identifies patient's needs
Determines priorities of nursing diagnosis, nursing care goals, and appropriate interventions
Develops a plan of care
Implementation:
Implements the plan of care including procuring resources
Assignment, delegation, and supervision of licensed and unlicensed personnel
Evaluation:
Evaluates both effectiveness of nursing interventions and achievement of expected outcomes
Modifies the plan of care
Collaborating:
Communicates and works cooperatively with individuals whose services may affect patient's health care
Initiates, coordinates, plans, and implements nursing care of the patient within the multidisciplinary team
Teaching and counseling:
Responsible to teach and counsel clients, families and groups
Identifies learning needs
Develops and evaluates teaching plans
Make referrals to appropriate resources
Managing nursing care:
Manages nursing care
Supervises, teaches, and evaluates nursing personnel
Reports and records
Administers nursing services
Accepts responsibility for self
Actively participates in performance improvement
Other facts
About Erlanger Health System
Erlanger, named among "America's Best Hospitals" by U.S. News & World Report, is a non-profit, academic teaching center affiliated with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine – Chattanooga. Erlanger is also a Level-One Trauma Center for adults and the only provider of tertiary care services for the citizens of an entire four-state region, encompassing southeast Tennessee, north Georgia, north Alabama and western North Carolina. With a history that dates back more than a century, Erlanger is recognized as one of the nation's finest public hospitals and a leader in healthcare.
The Erlanger hospital system includes Children's Hospital at Erlanger (CHE), the only academic medical center in the tri-state region devoted solely to children and is a Comprehensive Regional Pediatric Center (CRPC)— the highest designation in the state for pediatrics. CHE has a full range of pediatric subspecialists, as well as a pediatrics ER, ICU, and Level III neonatal intensive care unit, providing the highest level of care in the region for premature and sick infants.
Each year, more than one million people are treated by the team of healthcare professionals who are part of Erlanger.
What you'll do
- The RN Staff Nurse is responsible for direct and indirect patient care, including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing interventions. The nurse collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to ensure effective patient care and participates in performance improvement activities.
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