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Job Description Summary
The Registered Nurse is responsible for performing individualized and
age-specific nursing assessment of assigned patients using advanced
assessment skills and other medical data to formulate nursing diagnoses.
Develops individualized care plans and provides and coordinates
comprehensive nursing care. Instructs patients and significant others in
care provided, disease and/or illness, expected outcomes and home care.
The Registered Nurse consistently demonstrates support of the SRAlab
statement of Mission and Philosophy by striving for excellence,
contributing to the team efforts and showing respect and compassion for
patients and their families, fellow employees, and all others with whom
there is contact at or in the interest of the institute.
The Registered Nurse demonstrates SRAlab Core Attributes: Communication,
Accountability, Flexibility/Adaptability, Judgment/Problem Solving,
Customer Service and SRAlab Values (Hope, Compassion, Discovery,
Collaboration, & Commitment to Excellence) while fulfilling job duties.
Job Description
The Registered Nurse will:
- Provide professional nursing care for the comfort and well-being of
patients, which includes performing specialized treatments,
administering prescribed medications, and coordinating patient care
with other departments.
- Collect pertinent physiological, psychosocial, and functional data
to formulate nursing diagnosis using evidence-based techniques and
instruments.
- Assist physician during examinations and treatments.
- Formulate nursing diagnoses by interpreting data from health team
members and integrate into written assessments.
- Assess patients, identify changes in status, establish priorities
for patient care, and identify crisis situations when needed.
- Implement interventions consistent with the established plan of care
and interdisciplinary treatment plan, evaluate progress toward goal
attainment, and modify the plan of care as indicated.
- Provide information to patient and significant others regarding care
during hospitalization, expected outcomes, home care instructions,
and referrals to appropriate health agencies and resources.
- Prepare and provide reports on patient care plans to health team
members, which includes completing assignment sheets, providing
explanation of patient care plans, and completing documentation.
- Collect and report pertinent physiological, psychological, and
functional data based on patient plan of care or patient need.
- Review, evaluate and make recommendations regarding SRAlab policies
and procedures related to patient care to ensure comprehensive
patient care.
- Perform all other duties that may be assigned in the best interest
of SHIRLEY RYAN ABILITYLAB.
Reporting Relationships
- Reports directly to the Nurse Manager.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required
- Professional knowledge of practice acquired by obtaining a
Bachelor/Master of Science in Nursing from an accredited program or
accredited Associate Degree in Nursing (with commitment to complete
BSN/MSN within 2 years).
- Illinois license to practice as a registered nurse.
- CPR certification.
- nderstanding of the growth and development of infant, child,
adolescent, young adult, middle-aged adult and geriatric patients.
- Demonstrate the ability to interpret growth and development related
information to assure patient needs are met.
- Ability to communicate effectively using timely verbal, non-verbal
and written communication.
- Ability to take ownership for serving the customer, team and
organization, for achieving goals and for resolving problems.
- Willingness to adapt to changing work demands and work environment.
- Demonstrated critical thinking skills and ability to make sound
judgments to monitor and respond to patient needs or changes in
condition.
- Ability to anticipate, assess and address the needs of patients
- Ability to transfer and position patients, consistent with lifting
up to 35 lbs.
Working Conditions
- Normal patient care environment with little or no exposure to dust
or extreme temperature.
- Exposure to moderately adverse working conditions in performing
certain patient care activities.
- Occasional exposure to infectious diseases when working with
patients.
The above statements are intended to describe the gen