Registered Nurse RN, PRN

Responsible for the delivery of patient care through the nursing process of assessment, identification of nursing problems, implementation, and evaluation.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing
• Current licensure in the State of Arkansas
• Proficient oral and written communication skills
• Individualized orientation period of no less than 2 weeks and generally no greater than 3 months
• Ability to practice nursing as described by the following definition: "The diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual or potential health alterations."
• Ability to utilize the nursing process in the provision of nursing care including but not limited to administering prescribed treatments, medications and diagnostic tests, formulating a plan of care using the problem list, collaborating with other health care providers and providing education to patients and/or significant others.
• Ability to maintain good physical and emotional well-being
• Ability to lift and move patients, push carts, wheelchairs, and other equipment; and lift or push up to 50 pounds
• Ability to bend over to perform certain duties, e.g., check chest tube drainage, check urinary output, etc.
• Ability to maneuver throughout the halls, stairways, and patient rooms in response to hospital emergencies
• Ability to interpret environmental input requiring visual and auditory skills
• Ability to write and enter data on computer