Description

Are you looking for a
work environment as a Registered Nurse where diversity and inclusion
thrive? Submit your application with Rapides Regional Medical Center today and
find out what it truly means to be a part of the HCA Healthcare team.

We are committed to
providing our employees with the support they need. At Rapides Regional we
offer an array of medical, dental, and vision packages as well as several add-on
perks to make your benefits package truly customizable to you and your family
needs. Some of our unique benefits we offer include:

• Tuition Reimbursement/Assistance Programs
• Paid Personal Leave
• 401k (100% annual match – 3%-9% of pay based on years
      of service)
• Identity Theft Protection discounts
• Auto, Home, and Life Insurance options
• Adoption Assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

We are seeking a
Registered Nurse for our center to ensure that we continue to provide all
patients with high quality, efficient care.  Did you get into our industry
for these reasons? We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other
and are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels patient care is as
meaningful as we do.  We want you to apply now!

Nurses in the Universal Trauma Unit work quickly, efficiently, and meticulously in a team-based environment.  In order to treat the most critical patients in the most thorough manner, our nurses use their specialized skills and extensive knowledge of disease pathology to provide interventions that sustain life. 

About
this unit:

• 18-bed Universal Trauma Unit caring
     for trauma, neuro, ICU overflow and geriatric patients
• Strong teamwork environment
• Patient safety and satisfaction are
     our number one priority

• Through assessment of the patient’s
  physical, nutritional, psychosocial, spiritual, emotional, cultural,
  educational, and rehabilitative needs, problems are identified and documented
  in the clinical record and communicated to the physician, case manager, and
  ancillary departments when appropriate
• Appropriate standards of care, care
  plans, and interventions are initiated, professionally modified, and
  communicated to the patient and other members of the healthcare team
• Able to demonstrate the knowledge
  and skills necessary to provide care based on physical, psychosocial,
  educational, safety, and related criteria appropriate to the following age
  groups:  pediatric, children, adolescent, adult, geriatric
• Provides patient/family health
  education that promotes healthy behaviors, supports recovery, and enables the
  patient/family to be involved in decisions about their own care
• The patient’s responses to
  interventions and progress toward desired outcomes are assessed, re-assessed,
  evaluated, and documented in the clinical record
• Patient care activities are
  coordinated through collaboration and planning with other members of the
  healthcare team
• Physicians’ orders are carried out
  accurately and efficiently, and clarified when necessary
• Adverse or sudden changes in the
  patient’s conditions are promptly communicated to the physician, charge nurse,
  nursing supervisor, and/or family with specific and pertinent data
• Able to identify potential or actual
  victims of abuse and understands the proper reporting mechanism
• Able to recognize adverse drug
  reactions and demonstrates understanding of proper reporting mechanism once
  reaction is identified
• Appropriately assesses the patient’s
  pain and involves the patient in effective management of that pain using
  appropriate interventions
• Able to demonstrate the knowledge
  and skills necessary for administration of blood and blood products and
  appropriately monitors the patient receiving blood/blood products for any
  transfusion reaction; takes proper measures once a reaction is recognized
• Patient care equipment is utilized
  safely and efficiently in accordance with hospital policies and procedures
• Standard precautions are promoted
  and followed in the utilization of principles of infection control in patient
  care

Qualifications