Baylor Scott & White Health – Temple offers a program for Professional Advancement Training in Healthcare Specialties (PATHS) for clinical nurses to advance their nursing career. This comprehensive six-month Registered Nurse (RN) Fellowship program aims to facilitate a seamless transition as it enhances your existing nursing competencies, imparting essential knowledge and skills required to ensure the delivery of safe, high-quality care within your chosen specialty.
PATHS Fellowship offers : Specialty area orientation Classroom/didactic lessons Simulation Practice-based learning Mentorship Professional development Winter 2027 Cohort Availability : McLane Children’s - Pediatric ED, Pediatric Float Pool, Pediatric ICU, and Pediatric Medical-Surgical Temple Memorial - Emergency Department, Cardiovascular ICU, Neuro ICU, Medical ICU, Surgical ICU, Trauma ICU, Operating Room, Labor and Delivery, Postpartum, and Neonatal ICU
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Job Summary As a new nurse, you will play a important role in healthcare. You will assess patients, identify needs, and create care plans. Evaluate patient responses for safety.
This role is ideal for new Registered Nurses in hospital inpatient and outpatient departments open 24/7. It's also suitable for departments with on-call staffing for off-shifts. These departments may include hospital-specific and outpatient procedural sections like gastroenterology labs, pain management, dialysis, infusion centers, and intravenous services.
of the Role Evaluate patient health conditions using clinical reasoning. Identify, prioritize, and address needs of patients and families. Develop care plans to improve health outcomes.
Regularly evaluate nursing practices. Improve healthcare quality using research and learning experiences. Create a caring environment.
Build connections with patients and families. Manage emotional and physical pain to promote relief, healing, and reduce suffering. Acknowledge and respect the unique differences of patients and families, incorporating these into customized care plans.
Advocate for patient privacy and rights. Represent their interests and values effectively to create a meaningful plan. Promote learning among patients, families, nursing staff, and the wider community.
You will establish and document learning needs and outcomes. Work with peers and community to create care plan. Assign tasks, get feedback promptly.
Use problem-solving strategies wisely with consideration for scarce resources and focus on safety, effectiveness, and efficiency in patient care. Be involved in decision-making processes. Acknowledge contributions of all.
Contribute to peers' development. Provide value to community. Key Success Factors Demonstrates insight into established nursing and patient care practices.
Broad understanding of related laws, regulations, certification standards, and hospital/departmental policies. Comfortable with medical lingo, with an emphasis on promoting health, mitigating risks, and managing illnesses and diseases. Observes and respects professional nursing ethics and respects patients' confidentiality rights.
Articulate in conveying thoughts and ideas, both verbally and in writing. Possesses interpersonal skills to engage with a diverse range of personalities. Shows proficiency in deciphering problems and forming solutions.
Can detect alterations in a patient's medical status and effectively liaise with colleagues and healthcare providers. Skilled in designing, assessing and adjusting patient care plans based on the patients' requirements. Competent in utilizing standard office software, digital medical records, scheduling and payroll systems.
Belonging Statement We believe that all people should feel welcomed, valued and supported. Qualifications Education - Grad of an Accredited RN Program Experience – Minimum of 1 Year of RN Experience required at time of application. 18 months of professional nursing experience preferred. BSN preferred License- Registered Nurse (RN) required Basic Life Support (BLS): BLS or BLS within 30 days of hire or transfer
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