RN; Part-Time - Western Nebraska Veterans' Scottsbluff

Overview

The work we do matters! Hiring Agency Veterans Affairs - Agency 28

Location:

Scottsbluff, NE Hiring Rate $36.566 Job Posting JR RN (Part-Time) - Western Nebraska Veterans' Home Scottsbluff (Evergreen) (Open)

• Directly provides professional nursing care for ill, injured, or disabled persons residing in the Western Nebraska Veterans' Home.
• Provides clinical direction and guidance to Licensed Practical Nurses and direct care staff.
• Monitors, coordinates, and/or delivers nursing care by licensed professional nursing and direct care staff.
• Trains nursing or direct care staff in appropriate nursing care standards and techniques to maintain quality patient care.
• Performs patient rounds, monitors patient condition, assesses health status and implements appropriate nursing interventions.
• Administers medications and/or supervises the administration of medications by licensed or certified staff members.
• Evaluates and reports patient symptoms, progress, and reactions to medications.
• Consults with physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, and other treatment staff members to assure quality patient care.
• Writes a variety of reports on patient progress, medication use, initiates and completes patient focused actions necessary to accomplish the goals defined in the plan of care.
• Ensures patient records are kept current, transcribes physician's orders and records medications.
• Participates as a member of an interdisciplinary team, develops, implements, evaluates, and revises nursing care plans and communicates any changes.
• May serve as a Nurse Supervisor or Nursing Director/Associate in their absence.

• A current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Nebraska or authority based on the Nurse Licensure Compact to practice as a registered nurse in Nebraska.
• Knowledge of nursing theory and practice; accepted standards of care; policies and procedures governing nursing care; sanitation and infection control standards, policies, and procedures; techniques of providing quality nursing care; standards for charting medical records; current medications, their uses and reactions;
  Nebraska regulations pertaining to nursing scope of practice.
• Skill in coordinating and providing nursing care. Ability to observe changes in the medical condition of patients and effectively communicate these changes to other nursing staff members and physicians; consult with clinical specialists; instruct others in patient care; maintain accurate medical records and write periodic reports; communicate effectively with medical professionals, direct care staff members, and other facility staff members; follow oral and written instructions in exact detail, maintain a helpful and empathetic attitude toward patients;
  
  participate on an interdisciplinary team; utilize sound and effective professional nursing judgment.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. occasionally and push/pull occasionally up to 50 lbs. on a daily basis; to frequently bend at the waist and neck and frequently twist at the waist and walk or stand up to 50% of the shift.

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