Registered Nurse - RN
Company: Grand Terrace Rehabilitation and Healthcare
Location: Mcallen
Posted on: January 23, 2023
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Job Description:
DescriptionGrand Terrace Nursing Home is currently seeking an
Registered Nurse, for the 10 PM - 6 AM shift.Are you craving to
work in a healthcare setting where you're not only valued, but
appreciated and have the respect from your supervisors and co-
workers as well as patients/residents you're caring for? Then we
are the place for you! The Registered Nurse is responsible for
providing direct nursing care to the residents. Such care must be
delivered in accordance with current federal, state, and local
standards, guidelines, and regulations that govern our facility,
and as may be required by the Director of Nursing Services
designee.Job Description--- Inform nursing personnel of new
admissions, their expected time of arrival, room, assignment,
etc.--- Ensure that rooms are ready for new admissions.--- Greet
newly admitted residents upon admission and participate in the
orientation of new residents/family members to the facility.---
Make rounds with physicians as appropriate.--- Requisition and
arrange for diagnostic and therapeutic services, as ordered by the
physician, and in accordance with established procedures.---
Consult with the resident's physician in providing the resident's
care, treatment, rehabilitation, etc., as appropriate.--- Cooperate
with and coordinate social and activity programs with nursing
service schedules.--- Notify the resident's attending physician
when the resident is involved in an accident or incident.--- Carry
out restorative and rehabilitative programs, to include self-help
and care.--- Administer services within the applicable scope of
nursing practice, which may include: catheterization, tube
feedings, suction, applying and changing dressings/bandages, packs,
colostomy, and drainage bags, taking blood, giving massages and
range of motion exercises, care for the dead/dying, etc., as
appropriate and in accordance with applicable standards.--- Use
restraints when appropriate and in accordance with established
policies and procedures.--- Obtain sputum, urine and other
specimens for lab tests as ordered.--- Take and record TPRs, blood
pressures, etc., as appropriate.--- Check foods brought into the
facility by the resident's family/visitors to ensure that it is
within the resident's dietary allowances. Report problem areas to
the Nurse Supervisor and Dietary Supervisor.--- Meet with
residents, and/or family members as appropriate. --- Admit,
transfer, and discharge residents as appropriate.--- Assist in
arranging transportation for discharged residents as
appropriate.
QualificationsEducationMust possess, as a minimum, a Nursing Degree
from an accredited college or university, or be a graduate of an
approved RN program.
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