Registered Nurse PRN Premium

Baton Rouge, La

What Makes Us Different?

With Our Lady of the Lake, we offer career opportunities for people who have a calling to share their gifts and talents as part of our healing ministry. As part of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, we are here to create a spirit of healing - and we invite you to join our team today if you would like to be part of that spirit. We offer you something special - the chance to do God's work by helping to serve people in need throughout our community, every day. Additionally, you can expect:

• Growth opportunities
• A community culture where you don’t feel lost in a large health system

Responsibilities

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.

Qualifications

• One-year clinical care Nursing experience
• Graduate of accredited school of nursing
• Per license requirements
• Proficient in the English language, verbal and written communication skills, computer skills
• Current Louisiana State license as RN and BLS certification