Registered Nurse - Family Birthing Center

Job Overview:

Responsible for directing and coordinating all nursing care based on established clinical nursing practice standards. Collaborates with other professional disciplines to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and the achievement of desired patient outcomes.

Job Requirements:

Required:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of Ohio.

Preferred:

• 3 years of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) experience.

Job Responsibilities:

• 
  Collects patient health data:

o Determines the priority of data collection based on the patient’s immediate condition or needs.

o Collects pertinent data using appropriate assessment techniques.

o Involves the patient, significant others, and healthcare providers in data collection when appropriate.

o Ensures that the data collection process is systematic and ongoing.

o Documents relevant data in the medical record according to hospital standards.

• Analyzes the assessment data in determining diagnoses/patient problems:

o Derives diagnoses/patient problems from the assessment data.

o Validates diagnoses/patient problems with the patient, significant other, and healthcare providers, when

possible.

o Documents the diagnoses/patient problems in a manner that facilitates the determination of expected

outcomes and plan.

• Identifies expected outcomes individualized to the patient:

o Derives outcomes from the diagnoses/patient problems.

o Documents outcomes as measurable goals.

o Formulates outcomes mutually with the patient and healthcare providers, when possible.

o Ensures outcomes are realistic in relation to the patient’s present and potential capabilities.

o Ensures outcomes are attainable in relation to resources available to the patient.

o Ensures outcomes include a time estimate for attainment.

o Ensures outcomes provide direction for continuity of care. Anticipates potential problems situations and

intervenes to offset any adverse impact.

• Develops a plan of care that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes:

o Individualizes the plan to the patient’s condition or need.

o Develops the plan with the patient, significant others, and healthcare providers, when appropriate.

o Ensures the plan reflects current nursing practice.

o Documents the plan.

o Provides continuity of care in the plan.

• Implements the interventions identified in the plan of care:

o Establishes interventions that are consistent with the plan of care.

o Implements interventions in a safe and appropriate manner.

o Documents interventions.

• Evaluates the patient’s progress toward attainment of outcomes:

o Ensures evaluation is systematic and ongoing.

o Documents patient’s responses to interventions.

o Evaluates the effectiveness of interventions in relation to outcomes.

o Utilizes ongoing assessment data to revise diagnoses/patient problems, outcomes, and the plan of care, as

needed.

o Documents revisions in diagnoses/patient problems, outcomes, and the plan of care.

o Involves the patient, significant others, and healthcare providers in the evaluation process, when

appropriate.

• Participates in quality-of-care activities as appropriate to include but not limited to:

o Identification of aspects of care is important for quality monitoring.

o Identification of indicators used to monitor quality and effectiveness of nursing care.

o Collection of data to monitor quality and effectiveness of nursing care.

o Analysis of quality data to identify opportunities for improving care.

o Formulation of recommendations to improve nursing care or patient outcomes.

o Implementation of activities to enhance the quality of nursing practice.

o Utilizes the results of quality-of-care activities to initiate changes in practice.

Working Conditions:

Bending - Frequently
Climbing - Rarely
Concentrating - Frequently
Continuous Learning - Frequently
Hearing: Conversation - Frequently
Hearing: Other Sounds - Frequently
Interpersonal Communication - Frequently
Kneeling - Occasionally
Lifting <10 Lbs. - Frequently
Lifting 50+ Lbs. - Frequently
Lifting <50 Lbs. - Occasionally
Pulling - Occasionally
Pushing - Occasionally
Reaching - Occasionally
Reading - Consistently
Sitting - Occasionally
Standing - Frequently
Stooping - Occasionally
Talking - Frequently
Thinking/Reasoning - Frequently
Use of Hands - Frequently
Color Vision - Frequently
Visual Acuity: Far - Frequently
Visual Acuity: Near - Consistently
Walking - Frequently

TriHealth SERVE Standards and ALWAYS Behaviors

At TriHealth, we believe there is no responsibility more important than to SERVE our patients, our communities, and our fellow team members. To achieve our vision and mission, ALL TriHealth team members are expected to demonstrate and live the following: