RN Resident - Women's Health VIP

Company: Cleveland Clinic
Location: Cleveland
Posted on: May 16, 2022

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Participates in a residency core curriculum based on their individual learning needs.
• Provides direct nursing care, alongside a coach, in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.
• Establishes and/or revises priorities for patient care activities based on the following: acuity of need, patient preference, and resource availability.
• Initiates and/or maintains interventions to assure continuity of safe/effective care for patients.
• Responds to data indicating risk to individual's health and initiates action to correct, reduce, or prevent the risk.
• Seeks supervision, consultation, assistance when unable to perform safely and independently.
• Complies with established hospital/department personnel policies.
• Uses communication strategies in order to achieve desirable outcomes.
• Documents in patient's medical record according to established guidelines.
• Other duties as assigned.Education:
  • Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing.
  • BSN preferredCertifications:
    • Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).
    • Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA).
    • If in an ED, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) through American Heart Association (AHA) upon hire or within one year of beginning work in the Emergency Department.Complexity of Work:
      • Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
      • Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.Work Experience:
        • New grad or less than one year RN work experience or if experience RN moving from non-inpatient to acute direct care clinical inpatient setting with less than one year current acute direct patient care RN experience.Physical Requirements:
          • Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patient, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination.
          • Requires standing and walking for extended periods of time.
          • Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
          • Requires working under stressful conditions and irregular hours.
          • Exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids.
          • Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
          • Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.Personal Protective Equipment:
            • Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.Participates in a residency core curriculum based on their individual learning needs. Provides direct nursing care, alongside a coach, in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.
              
              The G71 nursing unit at Cleveland Clinic Main Campus is a medical-surgical telemetry unit dedicated to the care of Women's Health patients. The inpatient unit features 18 beds, all of which are private. Our talented nursing staff cares for our patient population 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Additionally, nursing management coverage is also available around-the-clock, either on site or via pager or phone.
              Primary procedures conducted on our unit, include:
              
              • total abdominal/robotic laparoscopic hysterectomies
              • vaginal hysterectomies
              • anterior/posterior repairs
              • Vulvectomies
              • mastectomies with tissue expanders
              • mastectomies with DIEP flap reconstruction
              • TRAM flap reconstruction
              • latissimus dorsi flaps
                We also primarily care for a small population of plastic surgery female flap reconstruction and postpartum patients with high-risk babies. Our skilled and highly talented nurses deliver world-class care that is focused on pain control, return of bowel and bladder function, DVT prevention, medication communication and ambulation.
                On G71, we follow a patient-centered model of care that is evidenced by our bedside hand-off reports, white boards in patient rooms for updates in POC and bedside interdisciplinary rounds that include our patients.
                
                Unit Highlights
                
                • Skill Mix: RN-69%; PCNA-31%
                • Nurse-to-Patient Ratio: 1:3.75; Based on Patient Acuity
                • Average LOS 3 Days
                • Multi-Disciplinary Teams Include: Physician, Fellow/Residents, Registered Nurse, Patient Care Assistants, Health Unit Coordinator, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Nurse Manager, Assistant Nurse Manager, Case Manager and Social Workers
                • GYN Exam Room on Unit
                • Nursing Team Excellence
                • Dedicated, Highly Engaged Nursing Staff Committed to Delivering Quality, Compassionate Care

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