Nurse Resident

Nurse Resident

Nurse Residency Department

Full Time

Position Summary:

Assist with providing direct and indirect patient care. Communicates with preceptor, physicians, and other members of the interdisciplinary team about changes in patient clinical condition including assessment, planning, and implementation of patient care. Is able to respond quickly and accurately to changes in condition or response to treatment. Is able to perform general nursing duties in all nursing departments with adequate training and supervision. Participates in all Nurse Residency educational sessions for the length of the program (12 months).

Education Requirements:

High school diploma or GED required. Associates degree or higher from an accredited school of nursing required.

Certification/Licensure Requirements:

Mississippi Board of Nursing or compact state licensure as a registered nurse is required. Must have a current BLS certification.

Language/Communication/Organizational Skills:

Ability to speak effectively and professionally to staff, management, and outside individuals.

Mathematical Skills:

Must be able to apply basic and advanced mathematical skills in an effort to calculate medications; IV drip rates and medication dosages.

Reasoning Ability:

Must have the ability to apply non-judgmental reasoning capabilities whenever necessary when dealing with patients, staff, visitors, etc

Physical Demands:

Able to sit, stand; talk, hear alarms; use hands and fingers to feel and touch; push, pull; crouch or crawl; stoop; kneel; reach with hands and arms, taste or smell. May be required to exert up to 50 lbs force occasionally, and/or up to 20 lbs frequently, and/or up to 10 lbs constantly. This job has vision requirements, close, distance and color. Must be able to identify and distinguish colors, have peripheral vision and the ability to judge depth perception.