Registered Nurse (PRN)

Lake Charles Memorial Health System - Lake Charles, LA

Full-time - Entry Level

Lake Charles, LA

About the position

The Registered Nurse (RN) in the Same Day Surgery department is responsible for providing direct patient care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The RN collaborates with team partners to ensure quality care and is involved in preoperative and postoperative processes, reinforcing patient education and discharge instructions. This role requires sound clinical decision-making and adherence to established nursing standards and practices.

Responsibilities

• Possesses competency in the use of technology and computers.
• Organizes patient care and general unit activities by delegating tasks to other staff as appropriate.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team in planning and organizing patient care from admission to discharge.
• Follows evidence-based policies and procedures to guide nursing practice.
• Demonstrates best practices such as huddles, hourly rounding, and bedside reporting.
• Uses the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the plan of care.
• Performs initial assessments and reassessments and documents appropriately.
• Participates in the multidisciplinary approach to patient care.
• Demonstrates competency in administering medication.
• Educates patients and families and documents appropriately.
• Interprets and implements physician orders.
• Performs unit-specific procedures competently.
• Participates in implementing the Unit PI plan and suggests improvements.
• Utilizes unit-specific equipment appropriately.
• Responds to cultural variables in patient interactions.
• Evaluates ethical challenges impacting patient care and the nurse's role.
• Maintains competency in peri-operative procedures and standards of care.

Requirements

• Graduate of School of Nursing.
• Current Louisiana Registered Nurse license or compact state license as Registered Nurse.
• BLS-CPR Certified.
• Ability to read, write and speak intelligible English.
• Ability to learn quickly, analyze problems, and communicate effectively.
• Requires emotional stability and resilience; must be adaptable to change and decisive.
• Possesses basic problem-solving skills.

Benefits

• Support for professional growth and development.
• Commitment to employee well-being.