Registered Nurse (RN) - Med Surg

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Tenet Desert is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Med Surg for a nursing job in Joshua Tree, California.

Job Description & Requirements\n

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• Specialty: Med Surg
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• Discipline: RN
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• Duration: Ongoing
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• 36 hours per week
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• Shift: 12 hours
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• Employment Type: Staff
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Up to $15,000 Sign-On bonus based on experience!

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Shift: Nights, 7:00pm to 7:30am and every other weekend required.

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Hours: 12

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Job Type: Full Time

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Provides high quality professional nursing services in a medical and surgical environment.

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• Maintains knowledge of the nursing process and the path physiology disease. Demonstrates knowledge of the nursing process and utilizes it in assessment of path physiology disease.
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• Develops a plan of care based on assessments of patient problems with appropriate interventions.
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• All patients assigned to RN have a plan of care based on assessments and interventions are appropriate.
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• Ability to organize patient care responsibilities with assignment of ancillary staff based on skills and experience. 
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• Patient care has been organized with appropriate assignment of ancillary staff.
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• Provides patient education based on disease and discharge of planning needs.  All patients assigned to RN have educational needs met and documentation is present on chart.                         
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• Administers medications safely.  No evidence of serious medication errors or careless practice. 
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• Maintains patient confidentiality and provides information to patients when needed for Informed Consent.
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• Observes patient’s rights, confidentiality & reports incidents of elder abuse when indicated.   
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• Archives competencies in skills needed for the unit assigned.  Competencies are achieved and maintained through annual appraisal. 
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• Completes documentation as required for chart documents and unusual occurrences (Incident Reports).  Charting documentation is complete; incident reports are timely and routed appropriately.         
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• Maintains currency in nursing practice by attending seminars, in-services, and journal reading. 
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• Nursing practice reflects currency in theory and adherence to correct principles.                             
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• Assists in planning, supervising and instructing LVN’s, CNA’s and students. 
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• Supervises and evaluates RN’s, LVN’s and Patient Care Technicians.                               
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• Knowledge of patient’s rights, confidentiality, & Elder Abuse Reporting requirements. 
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• Observes Patients’ Bill of Rights & reports incidents of Elder Abuse, if indicated.                     
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• Ability to recognize and appropriately respond to cardiac arrhythmias displayed on a monitor and/or printed strip.  Correctly identifies and appropriately responds to basic cardiac arrhythmias.
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Minimum Education/Certification/Experience:

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• Current CA RN license
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• Current CPR Certification
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• ACLS within 90 days of hire
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• Dysrhythmia interpretation course or demonstrated competency in interpretation of dysrhythmias by the end of orientation. 
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• 1 year Acute Care experience preferred
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Physical demands: 

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• Heavy physical effort (lift/carry up to 50 lbs.)
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• Prolonged, extensive, or considerable standing/walking
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• Lifts, positions, pushes and/or transfers patients
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Working Conditions:

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• Contact with patients under wide variety of circumstances
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• May be exposed to infections and contagious diseases
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• Exposed to hazardous anesthetic agents, body fluids and wastes
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• Occasional exposure to unpleasant patient or unit elements
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• Regularly exposed to the risk of blood borne diseases
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• Requires judgment/action which could result in death of patient
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Tenet Desert Job ID #2603010813. Posted job title: Registered Nurse (RN) - Med Surg

Benefits\n

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• Sign-On bonus
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