RN, Surgical Services/Procedural, Jewish Hospital

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Primary Location: JHHS - Jewish Hospital - UMC Address: 200 Abraham Flexner Way Louisville, KY 40202 Shift: Job Description Summary: At Jewish Hospital, we have diverse RN opportunities within our procedural and surgical services departments. We are looking for RNs in our PACU, OR, Radiology, Endoscopy and Outpatient Surgery departments. UofL Health - Jewish Hospital opened in 1905 with a mission to provide all patients with the highest quality care and a strong emphasis on research and education. Located in the heart of the downtown medical campus, Jewish Hospital is a 462-bed, internationally renowned, comprehensive, quaternary medical center that is developing leading-edge advancements in a vast number of specialties and services including heart care, neurosciences, orthopedics and surgical care. UofL Health - Jewish Hospital is ranked as "High Performing" by U.S. News & World Report in four specialty conditions and procedures: *Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) *Heart Bypass Surgery *Heart Failure *Pacemaker Implantation This recognition is given to programs that demonstrate exceptional performance in the respective areas. Only a small percentage of hospitals achieve the "High Performing" ranking for each area. Since the first transplant, a kidney transplant in September of 1964, the transplant center has hosted many firsts in Kentucky and the world including: *The world's first successful heart transplant following the use of thoracic ventricular assist device *The world's first and second ABIOCOR® implantable replacement heart *The world's most successful hand transplant *Kentucky's first heart transplant *Kentucky's first pancreas transplant *Kentucky's first adult liver transplant *Kentucky's first double-lung transplant *Kentucky's first dual heart-liver transplant Jewish Hospital is Kentucky's first hospital to be designated as a federally approved center for five solid organ transplants: heart, lung, liver, kidney and pancreas. It's among a very small percentage of hospitals across the country capable of performing this complex mix of cases. Job Description: The Registered Nurse (Hospital-Based) is a competent registered nurse that will deliver nursing care to patients of varying age groups by utilizing the nursing process and nursing practice standards. The Registered Nurse (Hospital-Based) uses: Nursing Practice Competencies to intervene to achieve safe, optimal patient and family centered care health outcomes; Leadership Competencies to coordinate patient care and communicate with the care team; Professional Profile Competencies to develop professionally as a life-long learner, and Practice Outcomes Competencies to evaluate care based on evidence, the UofL Health quality model, and patient safety goals. The Registered Nurse (Hospital-Based) demonstrates competency caring for complex patients and participates on the care team to improve the quality of care in the clinical area . Essential Functions: Under the supervision of a clinical nurse manager, this position will provide nursing care to patients, and: Conducts systematic, continuous and comprehensive assessments of patient health status from admission or encounter to discharge across the care continuum to ensure patient safety, collaborating with the healthcare team, patient and family; care addresses all aspects of the individual and family, including age, gender, spiritual, cultural, physical, psychosocial and patient preferences and proactively uses safety surveillance to prevent adverse outcomes Independently administers medications per licensure authority, assesses and reassesses the effects of these medications, and documents administration in a timely manner per policies, procedures and regulatory requirements; consistently adheres to patient safety guidelines regarding all aspects of medication administration In collaboration with patient and family, plans care using current scientific knowledge, theory, and care standards within the nursing interventions and outcomes framework and national patient safety goals; constructs individualized, age-specific plans for optimal patient and family outcomes, as appropriate to the practice setting; incorporates data from the multi-disciplinary care team into the plan of care to assure continuity and appropriate patient teaching In collaboration with patient and family, identifies and prioritizes patient problems based on subjective and objective assessment data, patient safety considerations, patient and family goals and preferences, and nursing interventions and the medical plan of care Implements nursing care interventions to meet patient and family center health care needs. Demonstrates competent skills, appropriate clinical judgments and chain of command to promote patient safety and reach planned care goals and outcomes Competently and consistently assesses, conducts and evaluates the outcomes of patient and family teaching, from admission, or episode of care, to disc