Perform psychosocial and physiologic assessments integrating changing dataPerforms psychosocial/physiologic assessments that integrates changing data.
Day to day
Formulate plan of care based on trends, including patient education and discharge planningFormulates a plan of care based on trends of similar patients, including patient education and discharge planning.
Day to day
Tailor and prioritize caring practice to individual cultural, ethical, and spiritual needsTailors and prioritizes caring practice to individual needs, including cultural/ ethical/ spiritual needs.
Day to day
Participate in planning routine transitional health care needsParticipates in the planning of routine transitional health care needs. (i.e. treatment options patient placement options, end of life options)
Day to day
Respond to changes in patient needs with holistic care using independent clinical judgmentResponds to changes in patient's needs and provides holistic care using independent clinical judgment based on knowledge drawn from education and experience.
Day to day
Adapt planned educational programs to individual patients and familyAdapts planned educational programs and information to individual patients and family by modifying teaching strategies or content.
Day to day
Integrate education during the delivery of patient careIntegrates education during the delivery of patient care.
Day to day
Collaborate with patients and families to identify realistic desired outcomesCollaborates with patients/ families to identify realistic desired outcomes.
Day to day
Determine immediate priorities and offer solutions for problemsEnsures efficiency in the delivery of care: determines immediate priorities and offers solution for problems.
Day to day
Actively advocate for patient rights and identify potential conflictActively advocates for patient rights and identifies potential conflict.
Day to day
Seek counsel for resolution of conflictSeeks counsel for resolution of conflict.
Day to day
Identify variances from expected outcomesIdentifies variances from expected outcomes.
Day to day
Evaluate patient outcomes and make revisions in plan of careEvaluates patient outcomes and makes revisions in the plan of care.
Day to day
Document all patient care activities per documentation standardsDocuments all patient care activities as per documentation standards.
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Assist healthcare team with the documentation processAssists the healthcare team with the documentation process.
Day to day
Communicate and collaborate with health care team members, patients, and familiesConsistently communicates/collaborates with the health care team members, patients and families to maximize patient outcomes.
Day to day
Delegate patient care activities and participate in making and revising staff assignmentsAppropriately delegates patient care activities to other health care team members and participates in making and revising staff assignments to achieve maximum productivity.
Day to day
Maintain knowledge regarding unit initiativesMaintains knowledge regarding unit initiatives, and incorporates the outcomes of the team/ committees work into practice.
Day to day
Participate on unit teams, work groups, and committeesParticipates on unit teams, work groups and/ or committees.
Day to day
Anticipate needs and voluntarily assist othersAnticipates needs and voluntarily assists others.
Day to day
Demonstrate knowledge of unit based quality improvement initiativesDemonstrates knowledge of unit based quality improvement initiatives.
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Participate in quality improvement initiatives using standards, guidelines, and pathwaysParticipates in quality improvement initiatives by utilizing standards, guidelines, and pathways for care delivery.
The Registered Nurse provides safe therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way, incorporating differences into the provision of care. Integrates knowledge, skills, and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families throughout the continuum to include patient and family education. Relies on education and training to complete responsibilities within scope of licensure as registered nurse.
Clinical Practice and Care Management
Performs psychosocial/physiologic assessments that integrates changing data.
Formulates a plan of care based on trends of similar patients, including patient education and discharge planning. Tailors and prioritizes caring practice to individual needs, including cultural/ ethical/ spiritual needs.
Participates in the planning of routine transitional health care needs. (i.e. treatment options patient placement options, end of life options)
Responds to changes in patient's needs and provides holistic care using independent clinical judgment based on knowledge drawn from education and experience.
Adapts planned educational programs and information to individual patients and family by modifying teaching strategies or content. Integrates education during the delivery of patient care. Collaborates with patients/ families to identify realistic desired outcomes.
Ensures efficiency in the delivery of care: determines immediate priorities and offers solution for problems.
Actively advocates for patient rights and identifies potential conflict. Seeks counsel for resolution of conflict.
Identifies variances from expected outcomes.
Evaluates patient outcomes and makes revisions in the plan of care.
Documents all patient care activities as per documentation standards. Assists the healthcare team with the documentation process.
Communication and Collaboration
Consistently communicates/collaborates with the health care team members, patients and families to maximize patient outcomes.
Appropriately delegates patient care activities to other health care team members and participates in making and revising staff assignments to achieve maximum productivity.
Maintains knowledge regarding unit initiatives, and incorporates the outcomes of the team/ committees work into practice.
Participates on unit teams, work groups and/ or committees. Anticipates needs and voluntarily assists others.
Quality
Demonstrates knowledge of unit based quality improvement initiatives.
Participates in quality improvement initiatives by utilizing standards, guidelines, and pathways for care delivery.
Incorporates evidence based practice and research findings into nursing practice to enhance outcomes.
Professional Development
Acts as a clinical resource and serves as a mentor to health care team members; displays leadership behaviors.
Identifies own learning needs based on self-evaluation and the progress made from the previous year's goals.
Accountable for all documentation and completion of all required continuing education and competencies relevant to area of practice as defined by clinical management.
Ensures improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development in life-long learning.
Provides direction and guidance to others regarding practice, serves as a resource, preceptor, and mentor. Leadership skills in critical thinking, decision-making, and problem solving.
Experience
2 years of clinical nursing experience
Education
Graduate of accredited school of nursing
Training
Special Skills
Proficient in the English language, verbal and written communication skills, computer skills
Licensure
Current Louisiana State license as RN and BLS certification
Neighborhoods+Nurses and young professionals who want to be close to restaurants and errands often look at Capital Heights, Southdowns, the Garden District, Old Goodwood, Kenilworth, and Tara. Downtown is the walkable riverfront option but is mostly rentals (Trulia counted about 70 rental units versus only 6 homes for sale as of June 2026), typically compact apartments; Mid City, a few minutes east, keeps the older-neighborhood feel with historic streets, cottages, local restaurants, and actual houses with yards. South Campus is the LSU/game-day pocket with lower-priced condos; Highland-Perkins is quieter, park-oriented, and known for large four-bedroom houses; Jones Creek is the eastern suburban play—newer ranch homes, easier parking, and more space. Prices generally climb toward LSU and the south; the widest for-sale inventory and lower prices sit farther east. Close-in suburb Central is more owner-occupied subdivision living (about 88.8% owner-occupied, median owner-occupied value around $288,700) with a longer ~29-minute commute than the city proper.
Nurses and young professionals who want to be close to restaurants and errands often look at Capital Heights, Southdowns, the Garden District, Old Goodwood, Kenilworth, and Tara. Downtown is the walkable riverfront option but is mostly rentals (Trulia counted about 70 rental units versus only 6 homes for sale as of June 2026), typically compact apartments; Mid City, a few minutes east, keeps the older-neighborhood feel with historic streets, cottages, local restaurants, and actual houses with yards.
South Campus is the LSU/game-day pocket with lower-priced condos; Highland-Perkins is quieter, park-oriented, and known for large four-bedroom houses; Jones Creek is the eastern suburban play—newer ranch homes, easier parking, and more space. Prices generally climb toward LSU and the south; the widest for-sale inventory and lower prices sit farther east.
Close-in suburb Central is more owner-occupied subdivision living (about 88.8% owner-occupied, median owner-occupied value around $288,700) with a longer ~29-minute commute than the city proper.
Getting around+Plan on driving: I-10 and I-12 carry most traffic and both clog at rush hour, and MOVEBR is the major local effort to improve flow and commute reliability. Citywide average commute is cited around 18.4 minutes (U.S. News) to 21.0 minutes, versus about 29 minutes in Central; Baton Rouge proper also has the densest access to hospitals, universities, and downtown jobs. CATS operates 29 fixed-route bus lines in the city—the area's clearest transit option—but daily life is not car-free. Downtown parking is easy midday and tightens during festivals and legislative sessions at the Capitol. If you would cross the Mississippi for work, the I-10 bridge is a quality-of-life issue; local relocation advice is to live on the same side of the river as your job.
Plan on driving: I-10 and I-12 carry most traffic and both clog at rush hour, and MOVEBR is the major local effort to improve flow and commute reliability. Citywide average commute is cited around 18.4 minutes (U.S. News) to 21.0 minutes, versus about 29 minutes in Central; Baton Rouge proper also has the densest access to hospitals, universities, and downtown jobs.
CATS operates 29 fixed-route bus lines in the city—the area's clearest transit option—but daily life is not car-free. Downtown parking is easy midday and tightens during festivals and legislative sessions at the Capitol.
If you would cross the Mississippi for work, the I-10 bridge is a quality-of-life issue; local relocation advice is to live on the same side of the river as your job.
Outdoors+Downtown's Mississippi levee path fills with joggers and strollers by early evening. BREC parks and BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo are the named local playgrounds for picnics, hiking, and kayak rentals; people also kayak LSU Lakes. The wider pitch is Louisiana as Sportsman's Paradise: year-round hunting, fishing, and golf, plus hiking and biking trails, state parks, and birding (City Park comes up in regional birding roundups). Lakes and woods surround the city, so outdoor life is a real part of the calendar—tempered by long, very hot summers.
Downtown's Mississippi levee path fills with joggers and strollers by early evening. BREC parks and BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo are the named local playgrounds for picnics, hiking, and kayak rentals; people also kayak LSU Lakes.
The wider pitch is Louisiana as Sportsman's Paradise: year-round hunting, fishing, and golf, plus hiking and biking trails, state parks, and birding (City Park comes up in regional birding roundups). Lakes and woods surround the city, so outdoor life is a real part of the calendar—tempered by long, very hot summers.
Check the commute at your shift’s start and end, upfront housing costs, and whether moving assistance must be repaid if you leave.
Living in Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge is Louisiana's capital and an LSU college town on the Mississippi—the Red Stick—where crawfish boils and Tiger Stadium Saturdays sit beside hospitals, the statehouse, and a downtown revival along the levee. Housing runs below many U.S. metros (median values often cited around $228,000-$275,000), city commutes average about 18-21 minutes, and CATS runs 29 bus lines, but this remains a driving city: I-10 and I-12 clog at rush hour, and anyone crossing the river is told to live on the same side as work. Close-in picks include Southdowns, the Garden District, Mid City, Capital Heights, and Old Goodwood; east and the suburbs (Jones Creek, Central, Zachary, Prairieville) trade walkability for yards, newer ranches, and stronger-rated schools. Budget beyond the mortgage—Louisiana homeowners insurance is among the nation's highest, flood coverage can add $150-$200 a month, and May-October heat indexes of 105-110F can send older-home electric bills to $500-$600. Citywide crime is reported well above average, though zip codes vary sharply. The draw is Juban's jazz brunch, Shaw Center arts, USS Kidd and the Capitol, and a welcoming, food-first culture.
