Med-surg Adult

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Provides patient care based on standards of care standards of practice protocols and established policies and procedures.
• Respects each patient as an individual; provides care that fosters the patients sense of dignity and positive self-regard.
• Provides patient/family teaching based on identified learning needs readiness to learn and barriers to learning.
• Collaboratively plans and prepares patient/family for discharge incorporating support systems/resources as necessary.
• Appropriately delegates and supervises nursing interventions performed by others.
• Appropriately prioritizes patient care (e.g. seeks assistance as needed from appropriate resources reassigns personnel as necessary recognizes need for emergency intervention etc.).
• Provides thorough timely and accurate documentation of all pertinent data therapeutic interventions and patient responses according to established standards.
• Provides timely and thorough report on assigned patients to other health care team members to ensure integration of services and continuity of patient care.
• Promotes learning for colleagues and self (e.g. functions as preceptor instructor trainer attends professional development programs etc.).
• Proactively identifies risk to patient safety and identifies opportunities to reduce medical/health care errors (i.e. appropriate reporting of errors/incidents).
• Identifies ethical issues in care and develops plan to address.
• Safely administers medications and intravenous therapy in accordance with physicians orders protocols policies and procedures.
• Assesses patient pain level upon admission and as necessary depending upon diagnosis utilizing the numerical pain scale.
• Reassesses effectiveness of pain control and notifies physicians as needed as well as documents assessment and patients response to medication.
• Responsible for obtaining supporting information and completing required documentation related to medication reconciliation for use by the Attending MD.
• Interprets and documents patient cardiac rate rhythm and configuration (PR ST segment) and initiates appropriate treatment plan based on physician orders.
• Institutes appropriate measures in life threatening situations.
• Evaluates and takes appropriate action for patients with chest pain or other cardiac related symptoms.
• Participates actively in daily multi-disciplinary rounds for planning coordinating implementing and evaluating patient care.
• Recognizes normal and abnormal laboratory and diagnostic results and appropriately notifies the physician of changes in a timely manner.
• Provides ongoing assessment and teaching to the surgical patient/family utilizing current standards and protocols.
• Recognizes normal and deviant progress patterns and reports problems or concerns to physician in a timely manner.
• Provides ongoing assessment and teaching to the surgical patient/family utilizing current standards and protocols.
• Utilizes pain management devices and other techniques to ensure proper pain relief.
• Sets up maintains and troubleshoots other equipment related to the surgical patient such as; traction/orthopedic equipment/devices feeding pumps chest tubes and drains etc.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Minimum Education

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing

MOAB class required within 60 days of hire

Minimum Work Experience

1 year med-surge experience preferred

Previous telemetry experience required

Minimum Licenses and Certifications

• Current MA RN License
• ACLS upon hire

Job Start Date: 10/26/2026

Shift Information: 32-Hours Evening 3:00 pm - 11:30 pm 4 shifts per week Every other weekend Every other holiday

Required Skills:

RNBLS