BJC HealthCare·Saint Louis County, Missouri
Provides multi-skilled direct patient care and assists nurses with patient and family education. Responsibilities include documenting care activities, collecting clinical data, and acting as a patient safety sitter.
Must be enrolled in nursing school Must have passed nursing fundamentals Additional Preferred Requirements Someone wanting to get into critical care
Christian Hospital has been serving St.
Louis and the surrounding metro areas since 1903.
U.S.
News & World Report ranks Christian Hospital No.
5 in St.
Louis for overall clinical excellence and No.
9 in Missouri, which puts us in the top 6% of all hospitals in the state!
The U.S.
News adult methodology ranks clinical specialties and rates common care procedures and conditions.
Christian was nationally ranked as “high performing” in the clinical specialty of geriatrics and in the following seven of 21 common procedures and conditions: heart attack, heart failure, kidney failure, diabetes, COPD, pneumonia and stroke.
High performing in a specialty means we were in the top 10% nationally of all evaluated hospitals for that specialty or procedure and condition.
Northwest HealthCare, six miles west of Christian, offers 24- hour emergency care, the Sleep Disorders Center and a variety of outpatient diagnostic and imaging services.
Role Purpose Provides multi-skilled, direct patient care, under the direction and supervision of a registered professional nurse. This job requires completion of a foundational nursing skills course or equivalent (fundamentals, foundations, or adult/peds health.
Assists nurse with patient and family education. Documents all patient care activities provided with correct medical terminology. Acts as 1:1 patient safety sitter as necessary. Ensures availability of supplies and equipment to meet each patient's needs. Implements direct patient care under the supervision of the nursing team. Collects clinical data and information on patients and reports abnormal findings to the nurse. Instructs patients in preparations for tests and procedures. Minimum Requirements Education Enrolled-accredited RN program Experience No Experience Supervisor Experience No Experience Preferred Requirements Education Enrolled-accredited BSN progrm
Benefits: and Legal Statement
Must be enrolled in an accredited RN program and have passed a foundational nursing skills course. A BSN program enrollment is preferred.
Market context
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