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FTE: 0.900000
Shift: Days
Location: RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTER
Summary:
The Mental Health Geriatrics Unit Registered Nurse is responsible for assessing the needs of each patient, including the spiritual, emotional, and physiological needs, and managing the nursing care to meet those needs utilizing the nursing process. Once planned, the registered nurse is responsible for assuring that the care is delivered based on established standards and policies in collaboration with other disciplines.
Experience/Education Requirements:
Graduate of an approved school of nursing required, BSN preferred. Psychiatric experience and/or Bachelor's degree in related field preferred.Minimum 2 years experience in geriatrics preferred.License or Certification Requirements:
Current IL RN licenseRN-BC certification preferred.
Responsibilities:
Analyzes the assessment data to determine the patient's nursing diagnosis or patient problems.Coordinates care delivery through the utilization of department, organization and community models and resources; critical thinking; interdisciplinary teamwork; patient advocacy; and the unique nurse-patient connection, and identifies and uses available resources to define and implement the plan of care.Detects and collects comprehensive data and identifies patterns pertinent to the patient's health and unique situation.Develops a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes, based on the patient's individualized situation and anticipated needs.Effects changes through engagement, involvement, and participation of peers and colleagues, leading others where they need to be rather than where they want to go (American Nurses Credentialing Center [ANCC]).Employs strategies, including the art of translation, to promote healthy behaviors for patients and families.Enhances the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice through communication, documentation, initiation of change, creativity, innovation, participation in quality improvement (QI), evidence based practice (EBP), and research processes.Evaluates one's own nursing practice in relation to the Illinois Nurse Practice Act and professional practice standards and guidelines.Evaluates progress toward effective attainment of patient, family and community goals.Implements the identified plan based on the nursing process, our nursing mission and philosophy, and our organization's mission.Mentors others in all aspects of nursing practice.
Credentials:
Essential:
* Registered Nurse
Education:
Nonessential:
* BACHELOR SCIENCE NURSING
Riverside Healthcare is revolutionizing care using leading-edge technology to diagnose and treat patients. We are ranked top in the nation for performance in neurosurgery, orthopedics, and heart surgery and have also been named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics seven times. Riverside is nationally recognized for our specialty programs in obstetrics, trauma, oncology, rehabilitation, geriatrics, occupational health, psychiatric services, and treatment of alcohol and chemical dependency, as well as patient safety. We combine innovation and convenience at state-of-the-art facilities located in communities throughout the greater Kankakee area.
Riverside Medical Center proves that truly progressive medicine is being delivered in Chicago's southwest suburbs and East Central Illinois. Join a team that is not only concerned with providing the best care possible but also with offering a work environment of advancement and growth. Riverside is a place that embraces a culture where opinions count and dedications is respected, where superior performance is rewarded with competitive salaries and excellent benefits.
Other information:
Exposure/Sensory Requirements:
Exposure to:Chemicals: Refer to MSDS Sheets
Video Display Terminals: Average
Blood and Body Fluids: IV and IM needle handling, obtaining and transporting patients' body fluids. Cleaning patients who are incontinent of urine and/or stool. Controlling the agitated student such as scratches, bites,etc. This potential exposure reduced through non-violent crisis intervention education and the use of universal precautions.
TB or Airborne Pathogens: Minimal - Exposure potential reduced through the use of universal precautions.
Sensory requirements (speech, vision, smell, hearing, touch):
Speech: Needed for communication with patients and other staff.
Vision: Needed to read materials such as medical records.
Smell: Needed to detect the odor of ETHO on patients, smoke in patients' rooms or electrical hazards.
Hearing: Required for patient safety, telephone use, intercom announcements (i.e., Code 99) and taking vital signs.
Touch: Required for pulse taking, supportive/comforting interventions and control.
Activity/Lifting Requirements:
Average Hours per Week: 6-40
Shift: Variable for 24 hour coverage
Percentage of time during the normal workday the employee is required to:
Sit: 10%
Twist: 4%
Stand: 40%
Crawl: 0%
Walk: 25%
Kneel: 1%
Lift: 10%
Drive: 0%
Squat: 1%
Climb: 1%
Bend: 30%
Reach above shoulders: 3%
The weight required to be lifted each normal workday according to the continuum described below:
Up to 10 lbs: Frequently
Up to 20 lbs: Frequently
Up to 35 lbs: Frequently
Up to 60 lbs: Occasionally
Up to 75 lbs: Not Required
Up to 100 lbs: Not Required
Over 100 lbs: Not Required
Describe and explain the lifting and carrying requirements.
(Example: the distance material is carried; how high material is lifted, etc.):
Lifting of patients off their beds that are unable to move independently is done with assistive lifting equipment. Horizontal movement of patients to and from carts/beds who are unable to move independently is done with assistive lifting equipment. Lifting equipment - carry 25'-150' waist high (IV bags, patient trays). Carry charts 25'-150' waist high. Filled laundry bags are filled half full so as not to weigh over 35 lbs. Carry fire extinguishers up or down 3-4 flights of stairs and several yards in an emergency.
Maximum consecutive time (minutes) during the normal workday for each activity:
Sit: 30
Twist: 15
Stand: 60
Crawl: 0
Walk: 10
Kneel: 0
Lift: 5
Drive: 0
Squat: 2
Climb: 1
Bend: 15
Reach above shoulders: 2
Repetitive use of hands (Frequency indicated):
Simple grasp up to 10 lbs. Normal weight: < 5#
Pushing & pulling - 50-200 lbs: Occasionally
Fine Manipulation: Typing in computer, omnicell, using pens to chart, drawing up meds in syringe and administration, starting IV's.
Leg Strength - up to 50 lbs: Occasionally-(repetitive use of foot or feet in operating machine control: utilized in positioning beds during transport; x-ray, surgery or in an emergency situation from floor to floor, locking beds or cardiac chairs.)
Environmental Factors & Special Hazards:
Environmental Factors (Time Spent):Inside hours: 7
Outside hours : 1
Temperature: Normal Range
Lighting: Average
Noise levels: Average
Humidity: Dry
Atmosphere:
Special Hazards: Other - potentially aggressive/violent patients.
Protective Clothing Required: Gloves to maintain MHU universal precautions.