Critical Care/Step Down Registered Nurse - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Progressive Care Unit

Company: Oklahoma City VA Medical Center
Location: Oklahoma City
Posted on: June 24, 2022

Job Description:

Critical Care/Step Down Registered Nurse - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Duties

The Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care. The RN is responsible for the coordination of care focused on patient transition through the continuum of care, patient and family education, patient self-management after discharge, and supporting factors that impact customer satisfaction.

Core elements of performance include knowledge and active participation in unit/program level quality improvement processes and initiatives as well as customer service programs. The position performs a variety of duties, not limited to:

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• Demonstrating leadership in delivering and improving patient care on the unit and at the service level.
  
• Providing organized and efficient patient care while looking beyond individual assignment to address concerns and issues occurring on the unit and within the service.
  
• Managing multiple competing priorities successfully.
  
• Demonstrating accurate and timely documentation of patient care according to the Standards for ICU, Step-Down, Observation, and Acute patients.
  
• Demonstrating understanding of and compliance with patient safety guidelines, accrediting body guidelines, VHA Directives and Facility Center Memorandums that pertain to ICU, Clinical Decision Unit (CDU) and direct patient care.
  
• Demonstrating understanding of facility SAIL metrics that can be influenced by care provided in the ICU and CDU.
  
• Demonstrating active leadership and participation in multi-disciplinary quality improvement processes and initiatives at the unit and service level.
  
• Using advanced clinical knowledge/judgment to promote staff involvement in planning, decision making and evaluating outcomes.
  
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