Registered Nurse Applicant

Summary

Job Description:

Job Title: Registered Nurse Applicant (RNA) - New Grad RNs

3 x 12-hour shifts (11a-11p)

Full-Time

Job Description:

Under direct supervision of a Registered Nurse, the Graduate Nurse strives for excellence in the performance of care requiring substantial specialized knowledge, judgment, and nursing skills. Centered on the patient as a whole person - body, mind, and spirit - applies principles of psychological, biological, physical, and social sciences. Applies nursing process and acquired nursing skills to design and ensure multidisciplinary and culturally appropriate patient care in keeping with a focus on healing and wellness. Incorporates established practice guidelines and regulatory standards, concurrently evaluating opportunities to improve patient's outcomes. The Graduate Nurse may not perform independently: all functions/actions must be performed under direction of a Registered Nurse.

• Demonstrates competency in physiologic measurement (vital signs, cardiac monitors).
• Performs complete head-to-toe assessment reviewing all systems.
• Assesses cultural, educational, and psychosocial status in keeping with the holistic perspective.
• Analyzes data to define problems.
• Develops a prioritized list of problems and prioritizes patient needs in collaboration with the patient and RN.
• Development of nursing care plan.
• Documentation of care.

Requirements:

• Graduate of a bachelor's degree in nursing from an accredited college or university. In lieu of a bachelor's degree, an associate's degree in nursing will be acceptable for initial hire with the understanding that the individual must be enrolled within 12 months in a Bachelors Degree program and must have achieved the degree within 5 years. This supports the organizational goal of 80% of all nurses obtaining a bachelor's degree or higher by
• Current Provisional Licensure
• The Nurse Applicant shall function in this role no longer than six (6) months or until notification of NCLEX results has been received to Human Resources