Registered Nurse (RN) - PCU - Progressive Care Unit
Desert Regional Medical Center
Palm Springs, CA
3x12 hrs
Sign-On Bonus

Up to $15,000 Sign-On bonus based on experience 

Shift: Days

Job type: Full Time

Hours:

GENERAL DUTIES:

The Clinical Nurse assumes principal responsibility for the total nursing care, assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation of each assigned patient. The staff nurse initiates teaching and educates the patient and family/or significant other to attain optimal health. Access to all Patient Health Information for treatment purposes only.

DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC DUTIES:

• Maintain Chemotherapy Competency
• Obtains information and interpret information in terms of the patient’s needs.
• Demonstrates knowledge of growth and development.
• Understands the range of treatment needed as appropriate to the ages of the patients served.
• Maintains Annual competencies.
• Performs and documents accurate comprehensive and daily assessments per policy and standards for specific unit.
• Demonstrates knowledge associated with specific unit disease processes.
• Demonstrates knowledge of commonly used drugs for specific unit.
• Initiates, documents progressive patient, and family/significant teaching.
• Facilitates the discharge process ensuring all goals are addressed prior to discharge.
• Initiates interdisciplinary communications and incorporates recommendations.
• Works with other disciplines for complex discharge planning and early facilitation of discharge process.