Registered Nurse Residency-Nursing Internship

Job Description

About Company
CHRISTUS Health is the healthcare organization offering the Registered Nurse Residency-Nursing Internship program at St. Frances Cabrini. The organization emphasizes comprehensive nursing care, adherence to established nursing standards and competencies, and a collaborative environment. Participants are expected to align with “OneCHRISTUS Competencies,” indicating a unified approach to leadership and patient care across the organization.

Job Description, Detailed

This position is for a Registered Nurse Residency participant, also described as a Nursing Internship. The role involves providing comprehensive nursing care by assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care for a diverse patient population. Participants will also supervise and collaborate with clinical and clerical staff to ensure quality care, act as a charge nurse when assigned, and support patient education and staff orientation. The role mandates licensed RN credentials, clinical experience, and strict adherence to established nursing standards and competencies.

The Registered Nurse Residency participant is primarily responsible for patient assessment, patient care planning, and providing quality nursing care to an assigned group of patients during a defined work period. This role involves directing and supervising LVN/LPNs, nursing assistants, unit secretaries, and other clinical/clerical associates. The individual may be assigned to function as a charge nurse for the unit. The scope of patient care includes older adolescents, young adults, adults, geriatric, and pediatric patients.

Responsibilities

• Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
• Patient Care Planning:
• Develops a comprehensive nursing care plan addressing all significant needs and problems identified through nursing assessment.
• Prepares nursing elements of the interdisciplinary care plan prior to the initial team conference.
• Reviews and updates the nursing care plan and collaborates with team members as changes occur.
• Patient Care Provision:
• Implements patient care as outlined in the nursing care plan and interdisciplinary care plan.
• Sets priorities based on knowledge of patient acuity and patient needs.
• Provides safe and therapeutic care, seeking resources when appropriate.
• Safely performs and accurately documents procedures, consistent with established nursing policy and procedure.
• Patient Care Evaluation:
• Evaluates patient response to interventions and attainment of goals in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Evaluates progress toward nursing goals and revises goals as needed on a weekly basis.
• Completes nursing progress notes for assigned patients on a daily basis.
• Completes nursing flow sheets for assigned patients on a daily basis.
• Teaching:
• Evaluates education needs of patients and significant others and documents their response to teaching.
• Utilizes, adapts, and revises teaching resources to meet patient education needs.
• Explains procedures, tests, and disease processes to patients and families as needed.
• Acts as a role model for health care students and other team members.
• Acts as a preceptor to assigned orientees.
• Assists in the orientation of new staff by sharing knowledge and experience.
• Patient Care Communication:
• Reports and documents accurately and concisely to appropriate persons the patient’s condition.
• Maintains patient confidentiality.
• Applies basic verbal and nonverbal skills to maintain open, effective communication among care team members, patients, and significant others.
• Encourages direct discussion between staff members when differences occur and seeks assistance to arbitrate differences as needed.
• Gives and accepts constructive feedback appropriately.
• Identifies actual and potentially unsafe patient care practices, reports them in the designated manner, and suggests alternatives.

Job Requirements

• Education/Skills:
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) is preferred.
• Experience:
• Six months to a year of experience as a licensed Registered Nurse (RN) or holder of an active Graduate Nurse (GN) permit.
• Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications:
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required.
• Active RN License in the state of employment or a compact state license.
• Graduate Nurse Permit (if applicable).
• Note: Associates with an unsuccessful licensure application or on the 75th day following the effective date of the temporary permit will be transferred to another position within CHRISTUS Health.

Work Schedule
To Be Determined (TBD)

Work Type
Full Time

Keywords
registered nurse, patient care, nursing assessment, care planning, clinical supervision, patient education, charge nurse, healthcare, nursing residency, clinical documentation