RN
- King's Daughters Medical Center
- Cardiac Stepdown (4J)
- Ashland, KY
- Full Time - Rotating
- Nursing
- Req #: 22643
Summary
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JOB SUMMARY
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Provides total patient care in accordance with physician’s orders and individual patient needs in conformance with the recognized standards of nursing practice.
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DUTIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Assesses patient and/or conducts screenings and documents utilizing standard scales when indicated as required per organization.
- Prioritizes and documents patient problems based on assessed needs/problems in collaboration with patient, family, and health care team.
- Documents changes in patient condition and effectiveness and timeliness of care/intervention.
- Utilizes organization-wide safe medication practices including, but not limited to the 5 rights of medication administration, barcode scanning and other medication safety processes specific to the unit/department.
- Knows actions and usual dosage, indications and side effects of medications administered.
- Provides teaching and educational material to the patient and/or significant other as needed according to the care, treatment services and identified risks specific to the patient and documents patient and/or family understanding.
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EDUCATION/LICENSE/CERTIFICATION/OTHER REQUIREMENTS
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Minimum requirement:
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Graduate from an accredited school of nursing for Registered Nurses.
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Maintains active RN license in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and any other states as applicable.
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Achieves and maintains American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)
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Achieves and maintains other certifications as required by department:
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Adult Patient Care Units- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within the first 90 days of hire.
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Preferred qualifications:
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Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
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WORKING ENVIRONMENT
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Constantly works near moving mechanical parts
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Constantly exposed to blood and/or body fluids and infection.
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Occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals
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Occasionally exposed to risk of radiation
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The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
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PHYSICAL DEMANDS
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Occasionally required to maintain in a stationary position (standing or sitting).
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Frequently required to walk and move about.
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Frequently required to operate a computer and other equipment.
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Frequently required to use fine motor skills to handle and operate instruments/devices.
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Constantly required to lift and/or move items up to 10 pounds.
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Frequently required to lift and/or move items up to 50 pounds.
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Occasionally required to lift and/or move items up to 100 pounds.
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Constantly required to communicate with patients and other care team requiring talking and hearing.
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Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
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Frequently required to position self in order to meet patient needs.
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Occasionally required to position self in order to meet patient needs.
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