RN, PRN, Float Pool, Nights, EWCH, Murphy, NC

Job Summary: />A registered professional nurse employed by Erlanger Health is responsible for direct and/or indirect care of the patient. The RN Float nurse is expected to function independently in a variety of care settings, including but not limited to: Med/Surg, ICU, Emergency Dept, 2 East Behavioral Health Holding area, Same Day Care Unit, and Endoscopy. /> />Education: />Required: />Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program. /> />Preferred: />Graduate of an Accredited four year Nursing Program (BSN) /> />Experience: />Required: />A minimum of 2 years� nursing experience in acute care/hospital setting. /> />Preferred: />Experience in the following specialty areas: medical/surgical, emergency department, behavioral health, and outpatient perioperative care settings. /> />Position Requirement(s): License/Certification/Registration />Required: />Current, unrestricted North Carolina RN licensure or Multi-State Nursing Compact Licensure. BLS completed prior to going to the unit/department and maintained going forward. ACLS required within 6 months and maintain ongoing thereafter. PALS required within 6 months and maintain ongoing thereafter. /> />Basic de-escalation training within 6 months of hire. Management of Aggressive Behavior (MOAB) or Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) training within 6 months of hire and then annually thereafter. A pediatric educational course specific to assessment, recognition, and stabilization of emergency conditions is required within 12 months and maintained going forward. /> />The Nurse Licensure Compact will not change how to obtain or renew a North Carolina license. However, the North Carolina nursing license will be a single state license for North Carolina Residents or non-compact state residents. North Carolina licensure or multistate licensure from a compact state must be obtained within three months of hire for non-North Carolina residents. /> />Department Position Summary: /> />Adheres to the NCBON RN Nursing Laws and Rules />Assessment: />Determines assessment />Collects, verifies, and interprets data in relation to health />Formulates nursing diagnosis />Planning: />Identifies patient's needs />Determines priorities of nursing diagnosis, nursing care goals, and appropriate interventions />Develops a plan of care />Implementation: />Implements the plan of care including procuring resources />Assignment, delegation, and supervision of licensed and unlicensed personnel />Evaluation: />Evaluates both effectiveness of nursing interventions and achievement of expected outcomes />Modifies the plan of care />Collaborating: />Communicates and works cooperatively with individuals whose services may affect patient's health care />Initiates, coordinates, plans, and implements nursing care of the patient within the multidisciplinary team />Teaching and counseling: />Responsible to teach and counsel clients, families and groups />Identifies learning needs />Develops and evaluates teaching plans />Make referrals to appropriate resources />Managing nursing care: />Manages nursing care />Supervises, teaches, and evaluates nursing personnel />Reports and records />Administers nursing services />Accepts responsibility for self />Actively participates in performance improvement