Job Summary:
The Registered Nurse (RN) II is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame. The RN II provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members.Essential Responsibilities:

• Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.

• Formulates a goal-directed plan of care when and where appropriate to do so.

• Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.

• Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.

• Identifies patient/family learning needs and acts to meet them.

• Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.

• Provides/coordinates care for patients/patient populations.

• Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families.

• Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.

• Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.

• Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.

• Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.

• Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.

• Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.

• Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.

• Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel.

• Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.

• Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.

• Participates in nursing research activities as requested.

• Identifies and solves problems effectively.

• Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.

• Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.

• Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities in documenting, tracking and conveying information. Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.

• Perform other related duties as necessary.

• Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.

• Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.

• Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.

• Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.

• Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.