Registered Nurse - Marshall Internal Medicine

Job description

Job Responsibilities: Education: Graduate of a school of nursing. Current RN license required. Experience: Minimum one year experience in medical/surgical nursing or related clinical experience. Internal applicants must call HR at ext. 11653 to determine eligibility before applying. - Considers age-related factors in the care, treatment, assessment and education of patients. Applies knowledge of age-related factors appropriately to patients ranging from pediatrics to geriatrics. - Performs direct patient care as ordered by the physicians, i.e., injections, suture removal, dressing changes and other duties as required. - Communicates to the patient and/or patient's family information with regards to specific health care needs, i.e., signs and symptoms, reaction to medication therapy and precautions, wound care, medication administration and others as needed. - Assists physicians with examinations, procedures and other processes related to direct patient care; including minor surgical procedures. - Monitors and ensures accuracy of documentation on patient medical records on a timely basis. Maintains all required reports, records, statistics, etc. - Schedules patients for various x-ra...