Care center rn - prn nights | Dallas, GA

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  • Location: Dallas, GA

our community for more than 125 years. Put your skills to work with us, seek opportunities to learn and join a talented team where patient care is more than a job. The RN is a licensed professional who uses the Parkland nursing professional practice model to coordinate patient care delivery, that focuses on a particular patient population(s)/specific health conditions, by the health care team.

Using the nursing process, the RN backsses the patient, identifies nursing diagnoses based on responses to health problems, develops and implements an individualized plan of care, and evaluates the patient's response. The RN utilizes knowledge of patient needs and the healthcare environment to assist

patients to transition through the healthcare encounter without any preventable complications or delays. The RN delegates interventions to health care personnel based on the Texas Nursing Practice Act, each patient's condition and the competencies of the employee.

Must be a graduate from an accredited school of nursing. Must have two years of RN Emergency Room experience. Certification/Registration/Licensure: ~ Must have current RN license or valid temporary RN license from the Texas Board of Nursing or valid Compact RN license. Must have Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) or Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) or obtain by December 10, 2013 and maintain thereafter. Must

have Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC) or Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN) or obtain by December 10, 2013 and maintain thereafter.

Current CPR Healthcare provider or CPR Heartsaver certification from one of the following: Military Training Network Provides care to assigned patient population in accordance with the current State of Texas Nurse Practice Act, established protocols, multidisciplinary plan of care, and clinical area specific standards. Provides continuous backssment, consults with other team members as required and provides nursing care which demonstrates patient centered/patient valued care. Exercises independent judgment in providing nursing care.

As applicable, will be required to demonstrate acceptable knowledge of nursing standards of care for specialty care area. Serves as a patient advocate, by focusing on patient needs, patient rights, confidentiality, and religious and cultural preferences. Serves as a resource for patients and other healthcare team members. Provides patient care educational information and training to patient and family members. May serve as a resource for specific clinical patient care issues. Maintains and implements knowledge of applicable rules, regulations, policies, laws and guidelines that impact or govern nursing practice, and ensures the hospital and Parkland are in compliance.

Develops effective internal controls that promote adherence to applicable state/federal laws and the program requirements of accreditation agencies and federal, state, and private health plans. Maintains and updates knowledge of sanitation, infection control, safety, supplies, equipment, appropriate utilization of supplies and materials. Performs appropriate patient backssments including continuous surveillance as indicated. Exercises independent judgment in providing safe nursing care to the stable, critically unstable, and critically stable patients.

Manages patients with Cardiovascular, Dental, Ear, Nose, Throat, Endocrine, Environmental, Facial, Genitourinary, Hematologic, Communicable and Infectious Disease, Ocular, Orthopedic, Respiratory, Toxicological and Trauma related injuries. Provides thorough backssments of these body systems and documents appropriately. Provides safe medication administration using the patient's six (6) rights, provides maintenance and management of intra-venous (IV) access, performs Point of Care testing, demonstrates safe infection control practices, invasive hemodynamic monitoring and provides emergency resuscitation management of patients.

Maintains accurate and timely entries and notations in patient care records and hospital documents. Ensures all records and documents meet the standards, goals, and objectives of the Emergency Department and Parkland. Makes recommendations to supervisor, implements and monitors results as appropriate in support of the overall goals of the Emergency Department and Parkland. Stays abreast of the latest developments, advancements and trends in nursing practice by attending seminars/workshops, reading professional journals and actively participating in professional organizations.

Seeks and utilizes direction from more experience staff and team members as needed. May work with other staff in providing direction to non-nursing staff. Provides appropriate hand off any time care is relinquished. Participates in information exchanges with nursing and other Parkland staff that support the standards, missions, goals and objectives of the Emergency Department and Parkland. Employee commits to working a minimum of 36 hours per week to include at least one weekend per pay period when the Hospital has the need. Employee is required to work two (2) major holidays and one (1) minor holiday during the designated periods.

(Major Holidays: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day //Minor Holidays: Employees in the RN PRN program will be classified in a regular relief status with no benefit eligibility. Employees in this program will accept the assignments given by the Hospital, to include accepting on-call assignments. Employees will be expected to float as needed to clinical departments for which the Hospital has deemed them qualified and competent. The Hospital does not guarantee any work or minimum number of hours per week.

Employees must have two years of prior work experience in their specialty area to be eligible to participate in the RN PRN program but also must have two years overall nursing experience. Should they not meet the scheduling requirements, staff will be performance managed and encouraged to seek roles for which they can meet the scheduling requirements. Parkland Health and Hospital System prohibits discrimination based on age (40 or over), race, color, religion, interaction (including pregnancy), interactionual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, disability, national origin, marital status, political belief, or veteran status.

As part of our commitment to our patients and employees' wellness, Parkland Health is a tobacco and smoke-free campus. Emergency Medicine, ENT, Nursing, Registered Nurse, Infection Control, Healthcare For more details: jobs-search. org/legal_dallas-c428264/care-center-rn-prn-nights-dallas_i1955390476

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