Registered Nurse; RN - North Fulton Urology

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Day (United States of America)

The Registered Nurse Specialty functions under the direction of the Office Manager and/or Physician and is responsible for implementing the nursing process based on expanded knowledge and experience. The nurse is responsible for coordinating and providing safe patient care with an understanding and awareness of age‑appropriate and culturally aware needs. The nurse addresses the patient/family’s biological, emotional, developmental, psychosocial, and educational needs.

The nurse is responsible for the delivery of patient care in complex situations, coordination of patient care activities, staff development, and professional self‑development. The nurse is able to independently perform job functions.

• Exemplary Practice and Outcomes: Performs the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation) in the performance of clinical care using evidence‑based practice, uses analytical/critical thinking and ensures that care is individualized; coordinates care through effective partnerships recognizing that caring is central to achieving optimal patient care outcomes. Provides relationship‑based patient centered care that is consistent with population‑specific characteristics (e.g. age, gender, disease, etc.)
  
  in a manner that adapts service delivery to reflect an understanding of cultural diversity. Always partners with the patient and significant others (as appropriate) using appropriate methods for setting and purpose (e.g., bedside shift report; interdisciplinary rounds; just‑in‑time and planned patient teaching; keeping the patient and significant others updated and making the patient’s goals the focus of the plan of care.
  
  Practices using current clinical practice standards.
• Teamwork and
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Coordinates the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care that promotes the professional care delivery model. Includes, but is not limited to, diverse and inclusive interdisciplinary communication methods (interdisciplinary rounds, case review, etc.); completion of timely documentation and promotion of a respectful, inclusive clinical environment. Demonstrates teamwork and collaboration by practicing in a manner that is fiscally responsible and promotes the recruitment and retention of all healthcare team members.
  
  Participates and supports performance improvement inclusive of all stakeholders, research and research utilization to promote safe, quality patient care including initiating and/or leading such activities as well as promoting an inter/intra‑disciplinary process and actively supports/participates in Clinical Champion Forum at the Medical Group level.
• Professional Development and Initiative: Completes all initial and ongoing professional competency assessment, required mandatory education, population‑specific education. Serves as a preceptor and/or mentor for other professional nurses (and staff or students for all disciplines) to ensure that there is a current and future qualified workforce; modeling the professional practice of nursing and creating a healthy work environment. Evidence‑Based Practice and Research:
  Promotes evidence‑based practice, nursing research and performance improvement in nursing. Participates in activities such as value analysis as part of the decision‑making process in evaluating patient care products.
• Evidence Based Practice and Research: Upholds all health care system/organizational policies and procedures and clinical competencies put forth by this job description and professional association including legal, regulatory and…