Primary City/State: Casper, Wyoming Department Name: Med/Surg Float-Hosp Work Shift: Day Job Category: Nursing
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Living in Casper, you will find that mountain trails, fishing, access to lakes are within minutes from the hospital. Being centrally located in the state also allows you to easily travel through the state to take in all Wyoming has to offer, such as the Big Horn Mountains, Thermopolis Hot Springs, and Yellowstone National Park to name a few. You will find that Casper is a city yet has a small-town feel, getting to see your teammates outside of work and finding yourself waving to patients that you helped make a difference in!
Joining the Resource Team
Joining the Resource Team means joining a team of dedicated, passionate nurses, whose goal is to provide the best patient care to every patient every time. The Resource Team works in various departments throughout the hospital.
Position Summary
This position assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents nursing care of patients in accordance with organizational policies and in accordance with standards of professional nursing practice utilizing the framework for professional nursing practice and development. This position is accountable for the quality of nursing services delivered by self or others who are under their direction. This position utilizes specialized knowledge, judgment, and nursing skills necessary to assess data and plan, provide, and evaluate care appropriate to the physical and developmental age of assigned patients.
Core Functions
• Assesses patient physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, and discharge planning needs. • Reviews patient history and physical with patient/family and assures completion within an appropriate timeframe. • Reviews available information obtained by other healthcare team members. • Reviews diagnostics and laboratory data and reports abnormal results to the physician(s) and other appropriate caregivers. • Completes assessment and reassessments according to patient need and as outlined in policy.
• Formulates a plan of care, including the discharge plan, utilizing assessment data and patient, family, and health team input. • Initiates a plan of care based on patient-specific needs, assessment data, and the medical plan of care. • Goals for patient are realistic, measurable, and developed in conjunction with the patient/family. • Considers the physical, cultural, psychosocial, spiritual, age-specific, and educational needs of the patient in the plan of care. • Plans care in collaboration with members of the multidisciplinary team. • Reviews and revises the plan of care to reflect changing patient needs based on evaluation of the patients status.
• Implements the plan of care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation, and supervision of the activities of the healthcare team. • Provides care based on physician orders and the nursing plan of care, in compliance with policies and procedures, standards of care, and regulatory agency requirements. • Delegates appropriately, and provides nursing supervision in the provision of care to patients by other licensed nurses and other personnel. • Promotes continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating to other caregivers the status of patients for whom care is provided.
• Evaluates the patients and familys response to care and teaching, and revises the plan of care as needed. • Evaluates patient progress towards goals and expected outcomes in collaboration with other healthcare team members. • Evaluates patients response and the effectiveness of patient teaching.
• Documents assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation in the patient record. • Documentation is legible, timely, and in accordance with policy. • Documentation reflects objective/subjective data, nursing interventions, and patients response to treatment. • Notes physician orders accurately and in a timely manner.
• Provides care based on the best evidence available and may participate in research activities within clinical practice. • Participates in unit or facility shared leadership. • Interacts and participates in the education, role development, and orientation of facility personnel, patients, students, families, and visitors. • Promotes/supports growth of others through precepting and mentoring when appropriate.
• Contributes to society through activities that lead to excellent patient outcomes through timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and safe care. • Actively participates in the improvement of national nursing quality indicators and outcomes. • Such activities may include participating in professional organizations.
• Interacts with all levels of staff in a variety of departments, physicians, patients, families, and external contacts, such as employees of other healthcare institutions, community providers, and agencies, concerning the healthcare of the patient. • Interacts with other healthcare providers in numerous settings to report and ask for or clarify information. • Also works with clergy to provide spiritual support. • Synthesizes and prioritizes data from multiple sources to provide support for the human response of the patient and family to changes in health status.
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