RN, Registered Nurse - Alamogordo Champion Orthopedics Clinic at Christus Health summary:
The Registered Nurse at Alamogordo Champion Orthopedics Clinic provides independent and comprehensive nursing care, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation for patients. They manage complex clinical situations by delegating tasks and ensuring adherence to nursing standards, while addressing patients' psychological, emotional, cultural, and social needs. The role also involves administering medications, monitoring treatment effects, documenting care, and educating patients and families to support long-term health goals.
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.
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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.
Job Requirements:
Education/Skills
- 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:
4 Days - 10 Hours
Work Type:
Full Time
Keywords:
registered nurse, orthopedics clinic, patient care, nursing assessment, medication administration, care planning, patient education, clinical nursing, nursing delegation, healthcare