Clinic RN, LPN, or CMA - Blank Children's Pulmonary Clinic - PRN As Needed
US-IA-Des Moines
careers
Req #: 167976
Type: As Needed
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Overview: Functions in accordance with the Iowa Standards of Practice for Registered Nurses (Iowa Administrative Code 655, Chapter 6, & 6.2) and the American Nurses Association (ANA) Scope and Standards of Practice (ANA, 2010). Responsibilities: * Provides and coordinates nursing care to patients utilizing the nursing process. * Completes documentation to assure an accurate record of patient's care. * Utilizes critical thinking in making independent judgments, and maintains responsibility for the knowledge of conditions of assigned patients. * Collaborates with physicians and other professionals in planning and implementing care within hospital policy and legal limitations. * Assesses needs of patients and families, provides appropriate teaching to facilitate discharge planning, and makes the necessary referrals to community agencies to provide continuity of care. * Demonstrates professional development by keeping abreast of current nursing practice and healthcare trends. * Utilizes a holistic approach (considering physical, psych/social, spiritual, educational, safety, and related criteria) appropriate to the age of the patients served in the assigned service area. * Delegates patient care based on clinical assessment and within scope of practice. * Demonstrates the ability to consistently meet the department work schedule. * Consistently delivers high quality care demonstrating knowledge and clinical skills of the specialty required on assigned unit in accordance with established policies and procedures and standards of care. * Demonstrates initiative to improve quality of care, patient and employee safety, and customer service. * Balances team and individual responsibilities, participates in peer review, seeks involvement in organizational initiatives. Qualifications: Education: * Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or IA Board of Nursing approved nursing program or medical assistant program. * Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred. Qualifications: * Current active Iowa License to practice as a RN or LPN or current certificate of medical assisting under AAMA. * Previous pediatrics exerience preferred.
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