Medical Surgical Nurse

To be successful in this role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement. - Provides comprehensive, safe, and effective, evidence-based nursing care to achieve desired health outcomes for the patient. Documents the nursing care plan and incorporates the nursing process following the standard of care for patient care area. - Organizes and prioritizes patient care activities balanced with the needs and comfort of the patient.

Involves the patient and family/caregiver in desired outcomes in formulating the plan of care and in appropriate educational activities in preparation for return to home situation. - Demonstrates accountability for own ethical behavior, and supports ethical practice by addressing and/or escalating issues. - Serves as an advocate for patients needs by demonstrating holistic care practices. Uses knowledge of cultural differences to provide patient care that is sensitive to and consistent with cultural values, beliefs, and customs. - Demonstrates the ability to recognize and adapt to changes in patient's condition (i.e. Lab, vitals, signs and test values) in a timely and clinically appropriate manner.

Documents changes in patient condition and response to interventions within established timeframes. - Utilizes SBAR format tool to notify physicians, and other providers of clinical findings, performs nurse-to-nurse report at the bedside. Recognizes limits of scope of practice, seeks multidisciplinary collaboration, utilizes appropriate resources, and follows chain of command.