RN, Registered Nurse Admission and Discharge - Tyler at CHRISTUS Health

📍 Location: Tyler, TX, US
🏠 Work: On-site

📝 Description: **Description** **Summary:**


Responsible for patient admission tasks such as assessment and care planning, and discharge tasks for an assigned group of patients for a defined work period to assist in supporting and expediting patient throughput. Involves provision of these services to older adolescent, young adult, adult, geriatric and pediatric patients.


**Responsibilities:**


* Patient Care Planning
* Develops comprehensive nursing care plan which addresses all significant needs and problems identified during nursing admission assessment.
* Patient Care Provision
* Completes nursing activities associated with the admission and discharge of assigned patients.
* Provides safe and therapeutic care and seeks resources when appropriate.
* Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to ensure thorough and effective transitions for admitting and discharging patients.
* Patient Care Evaluation
* Evaluates patient response to interventions and attainment of goals in collaboration with interdisciplinary team.
* Completes nursing documentation for admission and discharge functions for assigned patients.
* Teaching
* Evaluates education needs of patient and significant others and documents their response to teaching.
* Utilizes, adapts, and revises teaching resources to meet patient education needs.
* Explains procedures, tests, and disease process to patients and families as needed.
* Patient Care Communication
* Reports and documents accurately and concisely to appropriate persons the patient's condition.
* Maintains patient confidentiality.
* Applies basic verbal and nonverbal skills to maintain open, effective communication among care team members, patients, and significant others.
* Encourages direct discussion between staff members when differences occur and seeks assistance to arbitrate differences as needed.
* Contributes to the overall identification, implementation and improvement of the throughput process.
* Gives and accepts constructive feedback appropriately.
* Identifies actual and potentially unsafe patient care practices, reports them in the designated manner, and suggests alternatives.
* Other duties as assigned


**Requirements:**


* Associate's Degree in Nursing
* RN License in state of employment or compact
* BLS


**Work Type:**

Per Diem As Needed
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