Graduate RN
Dallas Behavioral Healthcare Hospital, United States
Job Description
Bi-lingual (English/Spanish) a plus
Must be able to work weekend shifts evenings amp; nights.
The Nurse Graduate is responsible for delivering quality general/psychiatric nursing care to patients who are hospitalized for treatment of psychiatric or emotional disorders; to support the hospital and program philosophy of care; to ensure the safety and well-being of each patient. The Psychiatric Graduate RN will provide professional nursing care to patients according to hospital policy and procedure; implement nursing care procedures, evaluate patient progress and modify care plans as necessary; will provide teaching to patients and their families.
Essential Duties:
- Plans and provides nursing care for patients through a systematic process of interaction with patients, the patient's significant others, and the appropriate health care providers, collects and analyzes data regarding the patient's physical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, educational, spiritual, cultural, and anticipated discharge needs.
- Ensures each patient's unique needs are identified and incorporated into a comprehensive, individualized care plan including the severity of the disease, condition, impairment/disability as important elements of the plan.
- The care and treatment of the patients are rendered in a competent manner and are based on current developmental theory and psychiatric nursing knowledge and standards; care is evaluated against the goals and plan of care and is revised periodically, as appropriate.
- Ensures the care and treatment of the patients are rendered in a competent manner and are based on current developmental theory and psychiatric nursing knowledge and standards; care is evaluated against the goals and plan of care and is revised periodically, as appropriate.
- Provide direct care to patients, which includes facilitating social and emotional needs, supervising medication schedules, evaluating patient progress and patient's access to the appropriate level of care and setting.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary professionals to determine and provide the best possible care for patients.
- Provide social support for patients by creating and encouraging patients to take advantage of opportunities such as support groups, social activities and other therapeutic measures.
- Maintains accurate records and documentation of patient treatments, immunizations, laboratory results, notes reactions to psychotropic drugs and other medications, written charts, patient activities and progress according to standard medical record keeping and hospital policy and procedures.
- Assists the client in understanding the nature of emotional disturbances and accepting the need for treatment.
- Comply with laws, rules, regulations, protocols, and procedures.
- Use professional judgment to ascertain and to apply appropriate intervention techniques with patients in crisis
- Assists in maintaining a safe and secure environment for staff and patients.
- Collect data including vital signs of pain and ensures treatments of pain and arranges further medical attention when necessary.
- Performs administrative tasks such as filing, answering phones and computer entry of progress notes.
- Responsible for organizing the activities and schedules for medical and/or non-medical tasks of the Child, Adolescent and Adult and support staff for a given shift.
- Maintains patient confidentiality.
- Performs related duties, as requested.
- Upholds the Organization's ethics and customer service standards.
This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the hospital.
Requirements
Must be 21 years old or older
Education - Associate Degree in Nursing, or completed BSN degree.
Experience Have graduated with a Nursing degree at any level. This is an entry level RN position.
Licensure: Current LVP/ TX temporary RN License as required by the TX nursing board and must take and pass the NCLEX exam within 75 days (2.5 months) of receiving temporary permit. Must not have failed the NCLEX previously. **A new graduate who completes an accredited basic nursing education program within the United States, its Territories, or Possessions and who applies for initial licensure by examination in Texas may be temporarily authorized to practice nursing as a graduate nurse (GN) or graduate vocational nurse (GVN) pending the results of the licensing examination." This temporary authorization is not renewable and will expire the earliest date of any of the following: (1) when the candidate passes the NCLEX-PN or NCLEX-RN test; (2) when the candidate fails the NCLEX-PN or NCLEX-RN