AI summary
Full-time day-shift Registered Nurse role on the Pratt 6 North Neuro Cardiac unit at South Shore Health in Hanover, MA, delivering individualized, outcome-oriented inpatient care. You'll manage the full nursing process including assessment, planning, medication administration, documentation, patient/family-centered care, discharge coordination, and safety/quality practices.
Key skills
RN (Registered Nurse)Medication administrationMedication reconciliationNarcotic documentation and count/waste proceduresAdmission assessment (within 8 hours)Care planning and outcome documentationPain assessment and reassessment (pain scales)Patient and family educationDischarge/transfer coordinationPatient safety practices (two-identifier verification/time out)
Salary not listed — comparable full-time day-shift staff RN roles in Massachusetts commonly pay about $80k–$120k annually, depending on experience and differentials.
You'll thrive here if you’re a detail-oriented RN who communicates clearly, prioritizes patient/family-centered care, and consistently follows medication, documentation, and safety protocols.
Why apply
- Full-time day shift schedule
- Neuro Cardiac unit experience
- Culture of safety focus
Job Description Summary
Manages individualized, outcome oriented nursing care through the use of the nursing process. Provides care, treatment and services through the successful coordination and completion of a series of processes that include assessment, planning care, providing care, in accordance with departmental and hospital policies and procedures
Job Description
1. Medication Administrationa. Demonstrates knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for administering, transcribing, and recording medications.b. Completes medication reconciliation process following SSH policy and procedure.c. Demonstrates proper procedure for the documentation of narcotic withdrawal, administration, verifies count, wastes per policy and resolves narcotic discrepancy.2. Plan of care/Documentation/Patient Family Centered Care/Patient Experience Develops, discusses, and communicates a prioritized problem list/plan of care for each patient.a. Develop, evaluate and update individualized plan of care for patient and documents outcomes.b. Initiating admission assessment within 8 hours of admissions, identifies and documents patient/family/significant other teaching needs upon admission and throughout hospitalization.c. Continues assessment/reassessment and identifies care needs within established nursing practice.d. Documents all patient care following the department of nursing policy, unit based standards, disease processes (CHF, PNA vaccines) and nurse sensitive indicators (falls, skin, CAUTI)e. Assess/reassesses and documents patient's level of comfort utilizing the appropriate pain scale and the patient's response to each intervention both pharmacological and non-pharmacological per South Shore Hospital policy.f. Works on behalf of patient /family. Seeks help to represent patient/family when they are unable to represent themselves.g. Raises ethical questions and concerns with clinical team. Seeks available resources to help formulate and understand ethical decisions.h. Actively communicates plan of day via white board updating every shift.i. Facilitates discharge/transfer by goal of 12:00pm, communicates barriers utilizing chain of command.3. Safety/Quality - Foster's a "Culture of Safety" through personal ownership and commitment to a safe environment.a. Verifies patient identification with two identifiers prior to the start of any invasive procedure, including "time out
Manages individualized, outcome oriented nursing care through the use of the nursing process. Provides care, treatment and services through the successful coordination and completion of a series of processes that include assessment, planning care, providing care, in accordance with departmental and hospital policies and procedures
Job Description
1. Medication Administrationa. Demonstrates knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for administering, transcribing, and recording medications.b. Completes medication reconciliation process following SSH policy and procedure.c. Demonstrates proper procedure for the documentation of narcotic withdrawal, administration, verifies count, wastes per policy and resolves narcotic discrepancy.2. Plan of care/Documentation/Patient Family Centered Care/Patient Experience Develops, discusses, and communicates a prioritized problem list/plan of care for each patient.a. Develop, evaluate and update individualized plan of care for patient and documents outcomes.b. Initiating admission assessment within 8 hours of admissions, identifies and documents patient/family/significant other teaching needs upon admission and throughout hospitalization.c. Continues assessment/reassessment and identifies care needs within established nursing practice.d. Documents all patient care following the department of nursing policy, unit based standards, disease processes (CHF, PNA vaccines) and nurse sensitive indicators (falls, skin, CAUTI)e. Assess/reassesses and documents patient's level of comfort utilizing the appropriate pain scale and the patient's response to each intervention both pharmacological and non-pharmacological per South Shore Hospital policy.f. Works on behalf of patient /family. Seeks help to represent patient/family when they are unable to represent themselves.g. Raises ethical questions and concerns with clinical team. Seeks available resources to help formulate and understand ethical decisions.h. Actively communicates plan of day via white board updating every shift.i. Facilitates discharge/transfer by goal of 12:00pm, communicates barriers utilizing chain of command.3. Safety/Quality - Foster's a "Culture of Safety" through personal ownership and commitment to a safe environment.a. Verifies patient identification with two identifiers prior to the start of any invasive procedure, including "time out