Registered Nurse; RN - Float

Advocate Aurora Health is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Float for a nursing job in Park Ridge, Illinois.

• Specialty:
  Float
• Discipline:
  RN
• Duration:
  Ongoing
• 24 hours per week
• Shift:
  nights
• Employment Type:
  
  Staff

Schedule: Part-time 24 hours per week, Nights, (2) 12 hour shifts, 7p-7a, rotating weekends and holidays

Location: Lutheran General, Park Ridge, IL

Unit: Float/Clinical Resource Unit (CRU)

• Patient-Centered Wholistic Care – The registered nurse is culturally sensitive and engaged with the beliefs and values of diverse populations. Nurses engage with inter-professional colleagues to deliver exemplary care. Lifelong relationships with patients and families develop to support achievement of health goals.
• 5) Assesses patient and family readiness to learn, and individualizes the approach as necessary. Works collaboratively to develop strategies to meet the learning needs of the patient and family.
• 6) Initiates referrals and discharge planning and actively coordinates the plan utilizing the interdisciplinary approach.
• 1) Uses the nursing process to assess the needs of the patient, plan and implement interventions and evaluate the effectiveness of the plan of care. Involves the patient and family in planning and implementing care.
• 2) Develops and maintains a therapeutic relationship throughout the healthcare continuum.
• 3) Mobilizes appropriate resources in response to situations that have the potential to negatively impact patient and family outcomes.
• 4) Analyzes challenging situations and intervenes as appropriate to optimize patient outcomes. Implements strategies to reduce patient risk and increase patient safety.

• 1) Consistently applies evidence-based practice in patient care. Incorporates nursing standards of care into practice.
• 2) Utilizes knowledge and experience to anticipate and alter the plan of care as needed.
• 3) Consistently makes sound clinical decisions, demonstrating the ability to care for patients with complex problems.
• 4) Prioritizes and organizes patient care and ensures follow through with planned, interdisciplinary care.
• 5) Facilitates the patient and family’s right to receive quality, cost effective care.
• 6) Demonstrates a commitment to meeting the learning needs of patients and families. Utilizes appropriate resources to meet those needs and achieve positive patient outcomes.

• 1) Participates in shared governance activities and initiatives to improve processes and patient outcomes.
• 2) Demonstrates effective communication, feedback, and conflict resolution skills, promoting collaboration among healthcare team members.
• 3) Seeks out opportunities to enhance the knowledge, skill, and competence of other department members.
• 4) Proactively facilitates compliance with regulatory standards.
• 5) Assumes a leadership role in the nurse/unlicensed assistive personnel team and delegates appropriately.
• 6) Promotes the culture of safety through identifying threats to patient safety and intervening to prevent patient harm. Reports patient safety events and near misses in a timely manner. Seeks to identify potential safety issues and assists in the implementation of corrective actions.

• 1) Provides and role models adaptive communication styles and techniques based on individual patient needs.
• 2) Provides and role models behaviors necessary to care for patients with altered physical and psychosocial needs.
• 3) Applies ethical decision making.
• 4) Demonstrates respect and understanding for peers and other clinical disciplines and participates as an effective member of the patient care team to formulate an integrated approach to care.
• 5) Consistently utilizes an individualized, wholistic and non-judgmental approach to patient care.

• 1) Participates in quality/process improvement initiatives to improve the functions of the department and the patient care experience.
• 2) Creatively uses knowledge, resources, and technology to transform care for the diverse patient population.

• 1) Contributes to the growth of the nursing profession through professional association membership, mentoring nursing students, and other…