Registered Nurse - Family Care Center, Per Diem Nights
Cape Fear Valley Health
Summary
Plans and implements professional nursing care for patients in accordance with hospital policies. Assumes charge nurse responsibilities as assigned.
Job description
Summary
Plans and implements professional nursing care for patients in accordance with hospital policies. Assumes charge nurse responsibilities as assigned.
Major Job Functions
- Assesses the patient and identifies patient care needs
- Uses patient assessment information to organize appropriate patient care
- Plans, organizes, implements, and evaluates patient care
- Facilitates a safe environment
- Maintains required competencies
- Functions as charge nurse as assigned
- Maintains an accurate and relevant record of patient care
- Administers medication as ordered by physician
- Recognizes life threatening situations and responds appropriately
- Establishes collaborative interdisciplinary relationships with other Health System staff and medical staff
- Monitors the quality of care based on pre-established outcome-oriented indicators
- Actively participates in cost containment and assists in accurate charging for patient services
- Adjusts care based upon age-specific physiological and psychosocial needs of patients
- Supports patients in the practice of their cultural and spiritual beliefs within limits of medical regimen
- Other duties as assigned
Unit Description
- The Family Center Care Unit (The Women's Pavilion) consists of 48 post-partum, antepartum, and simple gyn surgical private rooms.
- The average monthly deliveries are 400.
- Patient Ratio 1:4
- The Women's Pavilion provides care to newly delivered patients, antepartum patients, and simple gyn surgical patients.
- The care foci are management of the low to high risk vaginally delivered or cesarean sectioned postpartum patients.
- The unit also provides care for the antepartum (undelivered) patient as well. The Women's Pavilion helps pregnant women who need specialized care for themselves and/or their unborn babies.
- Our goal is to help women have healthy pregnancies, births, and babies. Care for the simple GYN surgical patients centers on providing safe, efficient, and compassionate perioperative and postoperative management
- New Graduate Nurses are accepted and welcome!
Requirements
- Associates Degree in Nursing or equivalent required
- Bachelors Degree in Nursing preferred
- Current licensure in North Carolina as a Registered Nurse or Compact state licensure
- 1-2 years of related clinical experience preferred
- Maternal/Newborn assessment
- Breastfeeding support
- Proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking the English language
- Demonstrates positive interpersonal skills
- Verbal and written skills required
- Demonstrates effective organizational and leadership skills
- Has knowledge of the age-specific physiological and psychosocial, developmental and spiritual needs of the patients typically served
- BLS - American Heart Association
- RN - Board Of Nursing
- Must be able to lift 35 pounds
Company overview
Cape Fear Valley Health is a comprehensive regional healthcare system based in Fayetteville, North Carolina, serving southeastern North Carolina and surrounding regions. Established in 1956, it has grown to become North Carolina's 8th largest health system, operating as a private not-for-profit organization with 7,500 employees and over 1,000 physicians. The system encompasses eight hospitals with 988 total beds, including Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital, Bladen County Hospital, Hoke Hospital, and Harnett Health facilities. Annually, the system serves more than 1 million inpatient and outpatient visits across its network of over 150 locations. Cape Fear Valley Health specializes in cardiac care, cancer treatment, surgical services, neuroscience, pediatrics, rehabilitation, orthopedics, and behavioral health. The organization has earned numerous national recognitions including Healthgrades Top 100 Hospital for Cardiac Care, IBM Watson Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospital, and The Leapfrog Group Grade-A for Patient Safety. With a mission to provide exceptional healthcare for all patients, the system emphasizes patient-centered care, innovation, and community service while maintaining multiple disease-specific certifications from The Joint Commission.