RN Labor and Delivery Night PRN

3. RN Labor and Delivery Night PRNResults

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** Description
* * Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Lakeway    Address: 100 Medical Pkwy, Lakeway, TX     (Suburb of Austin, TX)   Lakeway is located about 25 miles west of downtown Austin. Lakeway is ideally situated on the south shore of Lake Travis in the scenic Texas Hill Country. Lakeway is a resort community complete with golf courses, tennis courts, marinas, a 65-mile-long lake, 100 acres of parkland and trails, and nearly 500 acres of greenbelts.

You can enjoy Dining at the famous The Oasis on Lake Travis while enjoying the gorgeous views of the Rolling Hills and the abundance of sailboats floating on the Lake.
Baylor Scott & White Health Lakeway is a private, non-profit, 131 bed, Full-Service hospital. The Medical Center is a certified primary stroke center, a certified chest pain center. Lakeway has achieved Magnet recognition for its nursing professionalism, teamwork and superiority in patient care.

Shift: PRN Night 7p-7a - 3 shifts in a 6-week schedule; 1 minor and 1 major holiday      Must have a min of 2 years Labor & Delivery RN exp for PRN   Women's Services:
Labor and Delivery and Postpartum     Level II Maternal and Level I Neonatal Facility       We deliver patients greater than 34.6 weeks gestation.
6 labor beds, 2 c-section suites, 2 triage beds, 18 postpartum beds      We delivery roughly 35-45 deliveries per month and growing.
Average RN experience level in our department is 16 years.
The team functions like a family, both in the hospital and outside the hospital.
We are a small, family like unit that values work life balance, evidenced based best practices, and AWHONN standards.
JOB SUMMARY  The Registered Nurse (RN) Unit PRN is a licensed professional who uses the BSWH nursing professional practice model to coordinate patient care delivery by the health care team. Using the nursing process, the RN assesses the patient, identifies nursing diagnoses based on responses to health problems, develops and implements an individualized plan of care, and evaluates the patient's response.

The RN promotes safe passage for their patients by using knowledge of patient needs and the healthcare environment to assist patients to transition through the healthcare encounter without any preventable complications or delays. The RN delegates interventions to health care personnel based on the Texas Nursing Practice Act, each patient's condition and the competencies of the employee.  ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF

THE ROLE  Clinical Judgment:
Using clinical reasoning, conducts accurate clinical assessments according to practice standards. Identifies and prioritizes patient and family needs. Develops, implements and evaluates the nursing plan of care. Modifies plan to meet clinical outcomes. Clinical Inquiry:
Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice, including, but not limited to, nursing sensitive indicators. Supports evidence-based practice changes through research utilization and experiential learning. Participates in quality/performance improvement initiatives. Caring Practices:
Creates a compassionate, supportive, safe and therapeutic environment for patients, families and staff. Develops therapeutic relationships with patient and family and maintains appropriate boundaries. Manages both emotional and physical pain with the aim of promoting comfort and healing and preventing unnecessary suffering. Response to Diversity:
Recognizes, appreciates and incorporates a patient's and family's unique differences, such as culture, spiritual beliefs, gender, race, ethnicity, lifestyle, socioeconomic status, age, and values, into an individualized plan of care. Advocacy and Moral Agency:
Preserves and protects the confidentiality, autonomy, dignity and rights of patient and family and represents their concerns. Creates an individualized plan that accurately reflects patient and family values and goals. Identifies and helps resolve ethical and clinical concerns. Facilitation of Learning:
Facilitates learning for patients and families, nursing staff, other members of the health care team and community; integrating appropriate education throughout the continuum of care to help them participate and/or make informed decisions about their health care and treatments, including health promotion and disease prevention. Assesses and documents learning needs and outcomes.

Collaboration:

Works collaboratively and interdependently with colleagues and community to develop and implement an integrated plan of care. Open and sensitive to all team members' unique contributions. Delegates tasks and care to appropriate staff and ensures timely follow-up.…