Staff Nurse Prdm III - Ortho Center 8 Hour Days

Company: Cedars-Sinai
Location: Alhambra
Posted on: May 27, 2023

Job Description:

Provides and accurately documents direct and indirect patient care services that ensures the safety, comfort, personal hygiene, and protection of patients in a timely manner. Provides care and patient education on disease prevention and restorative measures. Provides direct and indirect care services, including, but not limited to, the administration of medications and therapeutic agents necessary to implement treatment, disease prevention, or rehabilitative plan of care. Performs skin tests, immunizations, phlebotomy and the initiation of peripheral venous access. Observes signs and symptoms of illness, reactions to medications/treatments, general behavior, and/or general physical condition. Demonstrates refined assessment skills, integrating appropriate data sources to assess the signs, symptoms, reactions, behaviors, or general appearance to determine normal versus abnormal characteristics. Plans and implements individualized patient care based on observations. Implements appropriate reporting, referrals and care in accordance with standardized procedures. Initiates emergency procedures when indicated. Provides care to special patient populations and patients with diverse cultural backgrounds. Identifies patient's readiness for learning and ability to understand directions/instructions and give consent. Demonstrates knowledge and is able to identify and make special adjustments as required to the specific populations needs, including cultural, spiritual, age, psychosocial, communication, gender, sexual orientation, economic, education, family and condition needs. Identifies and assesses patient safety concerns with respect to age and developmental considerations. Intervenes to provide a safe environment and evaluates effectiveness of intervention for patient. Bachelor's Degree Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (state accredited program) Minimum 3 years relevant acute care experience RN State License California State RN License Upon Hire Basic Life Support (BLS) BCLS Certification Upon Hire Other Competencies, as required by your specialty unit (ex. ACLS, PALS, fetal heart monitoring) within 1 Year of hire Any ANCC Specialty Certification strongly recommended after 2 years in specialty Working Title: Staff Nurse Prdm III - Ortho Center 8 Hour Days Department: Orthopaedic Center Business Entity: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Job Category: Nursing Job Specialty: Nursing Position Type: Per Diem Shift Length: 8 hour shift Shift Type: Day Base Pay: $70.50 - $71.49

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