Registered Nurse (RN) - Surgical Unit

Salary Range

$42.61 - $80.07 Overview

Located in the heart of Washington, we enjoy open skies, snow-capped mountains, and the lakes and rivers of the high desert. We are the proud home of orchards, farms, and small communities. Confluence Health actively supports the communities we serve and their quality of life through our community support program and through our individual efforts as involved community members.

Summary

A clinically competent, registered, professional nurse who delivers care to patients through the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation. Effectively interacts with patients, significant others, and all other health care team members, while maintaining standards of professional nursing. (Washington State Nurse Practice Act, WAC, ANA Code of Ethics). Position Reports To: Unit Clinical Manager/Director

Essential Functions

• Perform related assignments as requested in order to promote positive visitor, family, and co-worker relations.
• Coordinates and provides high quality patient care in a caring and compassionate manor, utilizing the nursing process and unit specific standards of practice Accurately collects patient information needed to provide safe, high quality care.
• Completes holistic ongoing assessments of patient’s status and responds appropriately.
• Develops, implements and continually reassesses patient’s individualized plan of care.
• Provides nursing care for patients including administration of medications, completion of nursing procedures and/or treatments.
• Determines and completes appropriate nursing actions to meet care goals; including the physical, psychological, social and rehabilitative needs of the patient Teaches patient/family and/or significant others appropriate health information in a timely manner and shares written informational material.
• Continual evaluation of discharge plan for appropriateness, educational needs, and changes as needed.
• Documents care provided, assessments, plan of care, interventions and responses accurately in the Demonstrates ability to handle emergency situations in a prompt, precise and professional manner.
• Actively maintains current knowledge base of workflows, process and evidence-based procedures Delegates appropriately and oversees care provided by non-licensed assistive personnel.