Clinical Nurse, Surgery

Job description

Position Summary To provide proficient nursing care for an individual or group of patients with less predictable problems and to provide leadership in the implementation of high-quality nursing care. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned. Dependent upon the area of assignment, performs all, or a combination of, the following: Uses advanced nursing knowledge and the nursing process to: Assess factors of the patient’s past and present physical, psychosocial, and cultural baseline, health problems, and external support systems which may impact on his/her ability to cope with the current health situation. Define a nursing problem list, based on assessment of the patient that reflects the consideration of the medical diagnosis and the patient’s problems. Define realistic, measurable goals related to each problem. Develop a nursing plan that is directed toward the optimal resolution of nursing diagnoses and prevention of future problems. Evaluates and documents a patient’s progress toward goals. Collaborates with the appropriate healthcare professional...