Medical Surgical RN
As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.
- Unit and setting
- Med-Surg · Hospital
- License
- RN license Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire andTexas RN license upon hire
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- License
- Texas RN license upon hire Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire and Check your license
- Education
- Associate Degree in Nursing or Diploma Associates Other in Nursing or Diploma At least one (1) year of RN experience, upon hire
- Experience
- at least 1 year of RN experience upon hire
- Also asks
- demonstrated competence in Registered Nurse I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire Demonstrated competence in Registered Nurse I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire
Preferred
- Education
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing upon hire Bachelors Of Nursing, upon hire and
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- In range for Texas PRN rolesTexas PRN postings that state pay run $31/hr to $70/hr, the middle half $40/hr to $55/hr, across 369 postings.
The role and schedule
- Charge
- Charge shifts are part of the role
- Day to day
- admission and ongoing assessment of patient's condition Assessment: Does admission and ongoing assessment of patient’s condition.
- Day to day
- provide nursing care to meet physical, psychological, and spiritual needs Provides nursing care to meet the patient’s physical, psychological and spiritual needs.
- Day to day
- notify physician of assessment changes requiring attention Notifies doctor of changes in assessment that require attention.
- Day to day
- design, direct, evaluate, and document plan of care, teaching, and discharge transition
- Day to day
- collaborate with clinical disciplines for patient care and discharge needs Works with other clinical disciplines to meet specialized patient care and discharge needs.
- Day to day
- formulate plan of care and daily goals based on individualized patient needs Formulates a plan of care and daily goals that takes into consideration the individualized needs of the patient.
- Day to day
- prepare patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments and procedures Implementation: Prepares patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries and diagnostic studies to help reduce patient anxiety.
- Day to day
- report significant changes in condition to Charge Nurse/Team Leader or physician Knows patients' conditions and reports significant changes to Charge Nurse/Team Leader, and/or physician.
- Day to day
- implement patient safety initiatives, medication safety practices, orders, and consults Implements patient safety initiative and protocols including medication safety practices, physician orders, consult notifications.
- Day to day
- reassess patients at appropriate intervals after interventions Evaluation: Reassesses patients at appropriate intervals following interventions.
- Day to day
- notify physician as needed to modify interventions Notifies physician as necessary to modify interventions.
- Day to day
- adjust nursing care to meet emerging and changing needs Adjusts nursing care to meet patient's emerging and changing needs.
- Day to day
- conduct Bedside Shift Report with family participation Report Skills: Gives and receives report using Bedside Shift Report including family participation.
- Day to day
- provide accurate and comprehensive handoff report to oncoming shift Provides an accurate and comprehensive report to the oncoming shift to help establish continuity of patient care.
- Day to day
- receive shift report and delegate tasks based on coworker abilities and patient acuity Receives report from off-going shift and delegates tasks as needed to provide continuity of care according to coworker's experience, abilities and the patient's acuity.
- Day to day
- maintain patient and work environment for safety Environment & Patient Safety: Maintains patient and work environment to maximize safe working space.
- Day to day
- remove used and soiled equipment and linen promptly Promptly removes all used and soiled equipment, linen, etc. to appropriate location.
- Day to day
- incorporate goals to improve quality, patient safety, and satisfaction Incorporates national and organizational goals to improve quality, patient safety and satisfaction.
- Day to day
- report patient safety and hazard concerns immediately Reports all patient safety and hazard concerns immediately.
- Details
- 154-bed patient tower
The workplace
- Hospital
- St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital - Lake Jackson, TX
- Address
- 100 Medical Dr, Lake Jackson, TX, 77566
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- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
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Job Summary And Responsibilities
As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.
Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.
To thrive in this vital 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.
Assessment: Does admission and ongoing assessment of patient’s condition. Provides nursing care to meet the patient’s physical, psychological and spiritual needs. Notifies doctor of changes in assessment that require attention.
Planning: Designs, directs, evaluates, and documents the plan of care, patient/family teaching and the transition of care plan to include a safe appropriate level of care discharge. Works with other clinical disciplines to meet specialized patient care and discharge needs. Formulates a plan of care and daily goals that takes into consideration the individualized needs of the patient.
Implementation: Prepares patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries and diagnostic studies to help reduce patient anxiety. Knows patients' conditions and reports significant changes to Charge Nurse/Team Leader, and/or physician. Implements patient safety initiative and protocols including medication safety practices, physician orders, consult notifications.
Evaluation: Reassesses patients at appropriate intervals following interventions. Notifies physician as necessary to modify interventions. Adjusts nursing care to meet patient's emerging and changing needs.
Report
Skills
Gives and receives report using Bedside Shift Report including family participation. Provides an accurate and comprehensive report to the oncoming shift to help establish continuity of patient care. Receives report from off-going shift and delegates tasks as needed to provide continuity of care according to coworker's experience, abilities and the patient's acuity.
Environment & Patient Safety: Maintains patient and work environment to maximize safe working space. Promptly removes all used and soiled equipment, linen, etc. to appropriate location. Incorporates national and organizational goals to improve quality, patient safety and satisfaction.
Reports all patient safety and hazard concerns immediately.
Job Requirements
Required
Associates Other in Nursing or Diploma At least one (1) year of RN experience, upon hire Demonstrated competence in Registered Nurse I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire and Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days
Preferred
Bachelors Of Nursing, upon hire and
Where You'll Work
St. Luke’s Health–Brazosport Hospital is located on a beautiful, 25-acre campus in Lake Jackson, Texas. Offering state-of-the-art diagnostic and comprehensive treatment services, our hospital is home to a 154-bed patient tower, level III trauma center, advanced cardiac care center, and full-service, multidisciplinary cancer center. Our team consists of over 100 board-certified physicians and nearly 600 highly skilled employees to meet our patients’ medical needs. South Brazoria County’s premier healthcare system, St. Luke’s Health–Brazosport Hospital is dedicated to providing quality care with compassion for the communities we serve.
Pay Range
$35.45 - $55.36 /hour
What's around it?
Lake Jackson, TX
Living costs about 3% below the US average