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Overview
Responsible for delegation, supervision, and provision of evidenced-based nursing care for a designated group of patients through utilization of the nursing process. Provides age appropriate patient care. Provides age appropriate patient care. Implements evidence-based findings into practice and participates in research as appropriate.
Responsible for delegation, supervision, and provision of evidenced-based nursing care for a designated group of patients through utilization of the nursing process. Provides age appropriate patient care. Provides age appropriate patient care. Implements evidence-based findings into practice and participates in research as appropriate.
Qualifications
Licensure/Certification/Registry:
- Current RN license in the State of Illinois required.
- Maintains Healthcare Provider BLS certification.
- ACLS Provider certification preferred.
- Maintain PEARS Provider certification. (Must obtain within 12 months of hire)
Experience:
- Meets credit range for Clinical Ladder levels as follows (12 months experience as a registered nurse is required in order to apply for promotion in the clinical ladder):
- Clinical Nurse I: Registered Nurse who achieves a range of 0-12 credits on the Clinical Ladder Behavior Grid. BSN preferred.
- Clinical Nurse II: Registered Nurse who achieves a range of 13-24 credits on the Clinical Ladder Behavior Grid with evidence of behaviors from at least two categories of the Grid. BSN preferred.
- Clinical Nurse III: Registered Nurse who achieves at least 25 credits on the Clinical Ladder Behavior Grid with evidence of behaviors from at least three categories on the Grid. BSN required
Other Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- Attends all hospital/nurse manager specified mandatory in-services.
- Maintains competencies as identified in unit specific requirements.
- Completion of self-evaluation. It is the incumbent’s responsibility to submit to the nurse manager at annual evaluation time documentation to validate annual credentialing requirements.
Responsibilities
- Performs age appropriate assessments.
- Analyzes data to identify nursing problems.
- Provides direct patient care, develops individualized plan of care in partnership with patients & families. Evaluates patient progress toward attainment of goals, revising plan of care when indicated.
- Delegates patient care tasks to LPNs and unlicensed assistive personnel based on job description and patient needs.
- Appropriately supervises performance of LPNs and unlicensed assistive personnel.
- Builds teamwork when supervising and delegating to others.
- Documents patient care according to policies and procedures.
- Ensures appropriate implementation of physician’s orders.
- Precepts new nursing employees and/or nursing students.
- Identifies & resolves safety risks.
- Participates in continuous quality improvement, periodic review of policies, procedures and pre-printed physicians orders.
- Assists with educational activities for other staff on the nursing unit.
- Assures that department is survey-ready at all times.
- Performs other related work as required or requested.
