RN Float - Maternal/Child (75751)
Company: CHRISTUS Health
Location: Athens
Posted on: January 26, 2026
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Job Description:
Description Summary: The competent Nurse, in the Nursery, Mother
Baby Unit, Postpartum, NICU, PICU, or Acute Pediatric practices,
independently and demonstrates an awareness of all relevant aspects
of a situation. Provides routine and complex care, in accordance
with patient treatment plans. Continues to develop the ability to
cope with and manage contingencies of clinical nursing. Makes
appropriate assignments and delegates to other care providers as a
means to help manage the clinical situation. Responsibilities:
Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies:
Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders. Meets
expectations for flexibility of assignment within the ministry.
Proactively provide assignment availability on a regular basis.
Able to be assigned to more than one unit. Consistent with the ANA
Scope and Standards of Practice, provides nursing care utilizing
the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, planning,
intervention and evaluation for assigned patients. Addresses
increasingly complex psychological, emotional, cultural, and social
needs of patient and families in accordance with their level of
practice. Using the appropriate protocol, administers medications
and treatments; monitors for side-effects and effectiveness of the
treatment prescribed. Documents patient history, symptoms,
medication, and care given. Assess learning needs and provides
education to patients, family members and/or care givers; identify
issues and resources. CORE COMPETENCIES Standard I: Utilizes the
Nursing Process Uses critical thinking skills to assess the basic
physical, psychosocial, social, cultural, spiritual, and
development needs of patient and families. Communicates findings to
appropriate healthcare team members. Develops and uses a specific
plan of care and modifies it to meet individual patient needs using
evidence-based practice. Implements patient care and therapeutic
procedures; monitors and documents progression of treatment and
teaching goals. Evaluates the care and treatment(s) provided to the
patient and the patient response to the care and treatment(s).
Performs timely reassessment and documentation. Must be able to
perform unit-specific competencies based on the specific patient
care need for the designated unit's patient population. Standard
II. Patient Throughput & Patient Flow Process Anticipates and plans
for admission/discharge/
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