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RN / Medical-Surgical Nursing Job in Las Vegas, Nevada / Hospital |
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Description Standard Qualifications: Serving the community for nearly 60 years, Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center provides the most comprehensive, quality healthcare in Southern Nevada. As Las Vegas' largest acute care facility, Sunrise provides sophisticated inpatient and outpatient services to the community. Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center has been selected the Consumer Choice Award recipient for 15 consecutive years and had earned the American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines (GWTG) Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award. We are also ranked Nursing Professionals Top 100 Hospitals to work for! Position Summary RN Charge Nurse - 4th Floor Medical Telemetry - Full Time Days The RN Charge General Nurse supervises nursing service activities in assigned nursing unit for the duration of the assigned shift or in the absence of nursing management. The task and responsibilities of this position include: Participates actively in the planning and distribution of patient assignments. Eval uates the effectiveness of care and addresses any issues that affect the desired patient outcomes. Supports nursing staff in communication with physicians to include accepting doctors' orders and communicating patient condition. Facilitates the process of reporting patient status to the following shift of nursing personnel. Manages the nursing care of assigned patients in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization. Assesses plans and evaluates patient care needs. Carries out physician orders. Administers prescribed medications, changes dressings, cleans wounds, monitors vital signs. Provides respiratory and ventilator management and monitoring for patients. Serves as the primary coordinator of all disciplines for well coordinated patient care. Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate utilizing computerized documentation systems. Instructs and educates patients and families. Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team. Provides age and culturally appropriate care. Orients and mentors new staff members. Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required. * Some information such as the email and phone number are hidden unless you are registered and logged-in
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