Registered Nurse - Blood Cancer Treatment Room

Duke University Hospital Duke University Hospital is consistently rated as one of the best in the United States and is known around the world for its outstanding care and groundbreaking research. Duke University Hospital has 1,048 licensed inpatient beds and offers comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center; a major surgery suite containing 65 operating rooms; an endo-surgery center; a separate hospital outpatient surgical department with nine operating rooms and an extensive diagnostic and interventional radiology area. For 2021-2022, U.S. News and World Report ranked Duke University Hospital nationally in 11 adult specialties: cancer, cardiology & heart surgery, diabetes & endocrinology, ear, nose & throat, gastroenterology & GI surgery, gynecology, neurology & neurosurgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, pulmonology & lung surgery, and urology. Duke University Hospital is also ranked first in North Carolina and first in the Raleigh-Durham area. Inaddition to its hospitals, Duke Health has an extensive, geographically dispersed network of outpatient facilities that include primary care offices, urgent care centers, multi-specialty clinics and outpatient surgery centers.

Duke Nursing Highlights:

 

• Duke University Health System is designated as a Magnet organization
• Nurses from each hospital are consistently recognized each year as North Carolina's Great 100 Nurses.
• Duke University Health System was awarded the American Board of Nursing Specialties Award for Nursing Certification Advocacy for being strong advocates of specialty nursing certification.
• Duke University Health System has 6000 + registered nurses
• Quality of Life: Living in the Triangle!
• Relocation Assistance (based on eligibility)

 

Occ Summary

Plan and provide professional nursing care forrmation, treatment, and follow-upAbility to use fine motor skillsComp eteity to use sensory and cognitive functions to process and prioritizei nfoach patients and families in accordance with the nursingplan of careA bilin administeringroutine and special treatments to patientsWorking kno wledge of infection control procedures and safety precautionsWorking kno wleteristics

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re-employment Physical Capacity Testing Requir ed

LevelCharacincidental to the work described herein.

< h3>Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Knowledge of scope of the regi stered nurse, licensedrativelyAbility to establish and maintain effectiv e working relationshipeir familiesAbility to independently seek out reso urces and work collabopractical nurse andNCAKnowledge of and appropriate application of the nulity to assess nursing needs of acute and chronica lly ill patientsand thrsing processKnowledge of professional theory, pra ctice and procedureAbipatients in accordancewith physicianorders and est ablished policies and procedures.

Work Performed

Plan and provide professional nursing care for patients in accordancewith ph ysician orders and established policies and procedures to includecollect ing and analyzing patient data, developing and implementingnursing care plans, establishinginterpersonal relationships withpatients, evaluating nursing care givenandcommunicating to properpersonnel relevant facts abo ut patients, actiontaken and patientresponses.Assist other nursing perso nnel in the delivery of nursing care and actas team leader or charge nur se for a group ofpatients or an entire unitas assigned.Provide direction and guidance inthe proper use, care and control ofmaterial resources; a ppraise qualityand effectiveness of material andequipment and report res ults to head nurse; maintain standards ofcleanliness in assigned areas. Observe activities of nursing staff andmake recommendations to nursing m anagement for improvement in thequality and effectiveness of nursing car e given.Assistin the development and implementation of general policies andproceduresdesigned to effect efficiency of operations.Perform other r elated dutiessAbility to communicate clearly withpatients, families, vis itors,healthcare team, physicians, administrators, leadership and others Ability totent in BLS and/or other specialized life support requirements designatedbywork areaAbility to record activities, document assessments, plan ofcare,interventions, evaluation and re-evaluation of patient stat usAbility to use computer and learn new software programsAble to documen t and communicate pertinent information using computerand/or paper docum entation toolsAbility to navigate the entity to provide clinical care fo r patientsAbility to withstand prolonged standing and walkingAbility to remainfocused and organizedWorking knowledge of procedures and technique sinvolveddge and completionof appropriate JCAHO and otherregulatory requ irementsP

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