Registered Nurse Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Medical Telemetry PRN Day

Company: Atrium Health
Location: Charlotte
Posted on: October 29, 2024

Job Description:

Overview
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) is the flagship hospital of Atrium Health, which is distinguished throughout the Southeastern United States for its excellent patient care and medical expertise. CMC serves as the region's only Level 1 trauma center and is an approved , , -and . We also serve as one of North Carolina's 5 Academic Medical Center Teaching Hospitals, providing residency training for more than 200 physicians in 15 specialties and serve as a regional campus for Wake Forest University School of Medicine, based in Winston-Salem, NC.
10A -is a medical telemetry unit that provides 24-hour care to the adult population. -This unit received the Heart of Nursing award recognizing each team member's commitment to process improvement and improving quality and safety outcomes for our patients. -Patients are admitted with acute medical and/or surgical conditions, including: COPD, infectious disease, diabetes, r/o TB, pneumonia, fever of unknown etiology and fluid/electrolyte imbalances. A 24-bed unit with private rooms, 16 of these rooms have negative pressure features. -This unit is also the only non-ICU unit to take vented patients.
10A is aligned with the CMC plan for Nursing and utilizes the CMC Professional Practice Model for the delivery of patient care, the AACN synergy model for care coordination, and Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring as a theoretical framework for nursing practice. -
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Job Summary
The RN Clinical Nurse I provides professional nursing care through skillful assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation in accordance with facility or department policies procedures, and/or protocols under the supervision of the nursing leader. Assists in maintaining a safe work environment and performs all related job responsibilities in a safe manner. Maintains clinical and professional competency as appropriate to the population of patients served.Essential Functions

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• Collects data pertinent to the healthcare consumer's health or the situation. Analyzes the assessment data to determine actual or potential diagnoses, problems, and issues.
  
• Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the healthcare consumer or the situation.
  
• Develops a plan that prescribes strategies to attain expected, measurable outcomes.
  
• Implements the identified plan, coordinates care delivery, and employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
  
• Delegates elements of care to appropriate healthcare workers in accordance with any applicable legal or policy parameters or principles.
  
• Evaluates progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes.
  
• Practices in a manner that is congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
  
• Communicates effectively in all areas of practice.
  
• Collaborates with healthcare consumer and other key stakeholders in the conduct of nursing practice.
  
• Leads within the professional practice setting and the profession.
  
• Integrates evidence and research findings into practice.
  
• Contributes to quality nursing practice.
  
• Evaluates one's own and others nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules and regulations.
  
• Utilizes appropriate resources to plan, provide, and sustain evidence-based nursing services that are safe, effective, and fiscally responsible.
  
• Practices in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.
  
• Practices ethically.
  
• Promotes shared governance, or facility decision making activities, developing and nurturing research to positively affect clinical outcomes and promotion.
  
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  Physical RequirementsWork requires walking, standing, sitting, lifting, reaching, stooping, bending, pushing, and pulling. Must be able to lift and support the weight of 35 pounds in handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies. Must speak English in good, understandable terms. Intact sense of sight, hearing, smell, and touch. Finger dexterity. Critical thinking and ability to concentrate. Must be able to respond quickly to changes in patient and/or unit conditions. Physical Abilities Testing required.Education, Experience and Certifications.Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing. BSN preferred. Current Basic Life Support required per policy guidelines. Current RN license or temporary license as a Registered Nurse Petitioner in the state in which you work and reside or; if declaring a National License Compact (NLC) state as your primary state of residency, meet the licensure requirements in your home state; or for Non-National License Compact states, current RN license or temporary license as a Registered Nurse Petitioner required in the state where the RN works

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