<div><strong>Job Summary:</strong></div> <p>The Registered Nurse (RN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The RN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.</p> <div><strong>Essential Responsibilities:</strong></div> <ul style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:1px;margin-top:0"> <li>Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.</li> <li>Formulates a goal-directed plan of care when and where appropriate to do so.</li> <li>Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.</li> <li>Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.</li> <li>Identifies patient/family learning needs and acts to meet them.</li> <li>Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.</li> <li>Provides/coordinates care for patients/patient populations.</li> <li>Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.</li> <li>Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.</li> <li>Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.</li> <li>Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.</li> <li>Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.</li> <li>Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.</li> <li>Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.</li> <li>Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.</li> <li>Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel.</li> <li>Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.</li> <li>Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.</li> <li>Participates in nursing research activities as requested.</li> <li>Identifies and solves problems effectively.</li> <li>Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.</li> <li>Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.</li> <li>Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities in documenting, tracking and conveying information. Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.</li> <li>Perform other related duties as necessary.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0;margin-left:1px;margin-top:0"> <li>Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.</li> <li>Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.</li> <li>Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.</li> <li>Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.</li> <li>Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.</li> <li>If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.</li> </ul> <p>#NCALRN</p>