Carle Health - 611 W Park St
Job Location : Urbana,IL, USA
Posted on : 2025-08-13T06:14:53Z
Job Description :
Certification Details- BLS
- Illinois State RN License
Job Details- Performs all responsibilities and duties required by unit as specific to the scope of service.
- Implements procedures and theories related to the specific area of practice.
- Maintains up-to-date and accurate documentation of nursing care provided to assure the integration of information for use by the healthcare team.
- Completes initial assessment upon patient admission and develops appropriate plan of care in accordance with unit standards and that is based on patient and family needs.
- Implements plan of care, nursing interventions, and patient care procedures.
- Modifies plan of care based upon continuous evaluation.
- Takes responsibility for patient and employee safety by reporting and/or correcting safety hazards and incidents.
- Communicates with others directly and in private when necessary to resolve issues.
- Offers constructive feedback to assist in the professional development of peers, and confers with colleagues to expand knowledge base.
- Identifies own learning needs and takes initiative to begin appropriate solution.
- Fulfills all requirements of departmental competencies.
- Receives patient Bedside Shift Report from an RN at the beginning of each shift, ensuring the inclusion of the patient input, visual validation of a safe patient room environment at the time of shift change and updating of the patient communication board found in each patient room.
- Delegates patient care tasks/responsibilities to assigned HCTs and validates completion of delegated tasks throughout the shift.
- Completes and documents basic RN patient care activities such as assessments, interpretation of vital signs, ensure physician order completion, admission/discharge of patients, hourly rounding completion on each assigned patient, care plan documentation and patient education.
- Meets Carle Med/Surg RN documentation standards for each assigned patient.
- RN will provide patient medications utilizing the patient 5 Rights: Right Patient, Right Medication, Right Route, Right Dose and Right Time.
- Maintains patient safety as the highest priority level: ensuring safety measure compliance such as fall precautions, pressure ulcer prevention, isolation precautions and patient ambulation safety.
- Maintains a positive attitude at all times on unit that promotes a healthy work environment and a healing patient environment.
- Keeps a diligent focus on prompt answering of patient call lights to ensure effective triage and completion of patient requests/medical needs.
- Uses critical thinking to evaluate the overall patient condition and uses nursing judgement to identify and act on changes in patient status.
- Effectively communicates within the healthcare team to promote interdisciplinary collaboration, effective patient care coordination and patient safety
Job Requirements- Minimum one (1) year of relevant nursing experience.
Unit Specific Information- Med/Surg Unit