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Job Overview: This position applies the nursing process in providing direct and indirect holistic care to patients and their families. The position also collaborates, in a collegial manner, with physicians and other health care team members in meeting the patient's needs. This position may delegate certain aspects of care to those under their direct supervision, within the scope of nursing practice. Nurses in this position are: - newly licensed RNs in specialty areas where the Vizient PNR Program is a requirement and - RNs with less than 1 year full time acute care RN experience prior to entering their RN role at TriHealth or - RNs with less than 2 years part time acute care RN experience prior to entering their RN role at TriHealth They are enrolled in and required to complete the Vizient Professional Nurse Residency program. The nurse will be moved to the Registerd Nurse - Staff position upon completion of all PNR program requirements. Job Requirements: Associate's Degree or Diploma in Nursing Required to complete all elements of the TriHealth Vizient Professional Nurse Residency Program within 1 year New hires to obtain their BSN within 5 years of hire Preferred Certification in specialty area of practice BNH 5300 Nurses are required to have ONS Chemo Cerification within 6-12 months of hire and EKG training within 3 months of hire Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS) Registered Nurse Knowledge, judgment and skills derived from the Principles of Biological, Physical, Behavioral, Social and Nursing sciences to meet complex health care needs at various stages of the life cycle Preferred membership in related professional organization Up to 1 year experience Clinical Nursing Job Responsibilities: Performs initial and ongoing assessment of patient and family. Completes initial assessment tool. Documents ongoing assessment per unit/TriHealth guidelines. Communicates assessment findings to other health care providers as appropriate. Includes health counseling and health teaching needs in assessment. Plans care for patient and family based on assessment, standards of care, and optimal specific outcomes. Initiates and individualizes appropriate patient care guidelines/plan of care or clinical pathways. Updates current plan of care as needed based on patient/family input and healthcare needs. Develops both short and long term goals with patient/family and healthcare team including discharge planning. Communicates plan of care to others. Provides a safe, therapeutic environment, maintains patient's autonomy, dignity, and rights, and is sensitive to patient diversity. Seeks resources to help formulate ethical decisions. Balances priorities of the patient's needs and those of the unit/facility. Recognizes emergency situations and takes appropriate action. Completes patient assignment including documentation within scheduled timeframe. Bases interventions on clinical data and desired outcomes and documents accordingly. Trains/educates other staff and acts an expert resource in specialty area through abilities in existing and newer knowledge and skills. Effectively communicates and understands/executes physician orders. Evaluates the plan of care for patient based on optimal specific patient outcomes. Documents the patient/family response to care including teaching. Collaborates with the patient/family and with other members of the health care team, including physicians, to revise plan of care as needed. Supervises the care that was delegated to other health care team members. Demonstrates organizations responsibilities: Identifies areas for self improvement, functions in relief charge / resource role as requested, completes assignments within scheduled timeframes, cooperates with instructor to facilitate effective learning experiences for students, maintains current knowledge in area of practice, demonstrates knowledge of organization