RN - Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic - 8:00am - 5:00pm
Location: Dallas, Texas
Description: Children's Medical Center is at the momment seeking for RN - Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic - 8:00am - 5:00pm right now, this career will be placed in Texas. For detail informations about this career opportunity kindly see the descriptions. Position Summary
Performs the functions of a registered nurse in direct patient care. Utilizes the nursing process in the del! ivery of developmentally appropriate care. Works effectively with members of the health care team in the provision of care to patients and families.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Provides competent care for families based on practice patterns which reflect new levels of awareness of suffering, patient/family psychosocial needs, and complexity of clinical judgment:
Assesses and collects data in a comprehensive manner identifying underlying family needs to implement an individualized plan of care.
Demonstrates competence in the delivery of nursing care.
Evaluates and revises plan of care based on evolving needs.
Utilizes problem-solving approaches which compare one situation with another.
Provides comprehensive, individualized teaching based on identified learning needs of families.
Recognizes impact of personal involvement in therapeutic relationship.
Demonstrates effective use of communication skills:
Com! municates in an accurate, objective manner
Recognizes and ! accesses multidisciplinary team members in meeting identified patient/family needs.
Responds to verbal and nonverbal communication.
Identifies problems and reports these to appropriate personnel.
Participates in the development of professional and educational activities:
Assists in identifying learning needs of staff nurses and other health care workers.
Assists in developing strategies to meet identified learning needs.
Supports and/or maintains membership in a professional organization.
Shares pertinent information gained from professional seminars, conferences, books, or journals.
Demonstrates competence in professional practice:
Seeks evaluation of self from peers and clinically advanced professionals to improve professional practice.
Incorporates unit based goals into nursing process.
Is a member of a unit based committee/project/task force.
Utilizes standards to develop plans of care for primary pat! ients.
Preceptor for novice/beginners.
Applies nursing research to clinical practice:
Reads and evaluates current nursing research that has implications for clinical practice.
Modifies own practice based on nursing research and quality improvement findings.
Evaluates clinical practice to identify problems for potential study.
Participates in research and/or quality improvement activities.
Qualifications
Education
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Licenses & certifications
Current licenses to practice professional nursing in the State of Texas.
Experience
One to three years of clinical experience, preferably in pediatrics.
Specific knowledge, skills, and abilities
Physical and emotional health adequate for attendance requirements and performance which may include, but is not limited to: assessment of patient conditions, lifting/transferring patients, appropri! ate use of technical equipment, and rapid recognition and response to e! mergency situations.
Ability to hear and communicate with others in a clear, understandable, and professional manner.
Must be flexible and adaptable. Conditions and environment are unpredictable and change frequently.
Must be able to maintain CPR certification unless an exception is identified.
Appearance projects a professional image that engenders the confidence of others
This job requires the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to patients ranging in age from 0 to 18 years. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span, must possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his or her age-specific needs, and must be able to provide the care needed as described in the unit's policies and procedures.
Physical demands
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This career starts available on: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 07:25:05 GMT
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