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Northwestern Memorial Healthcare is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse for our Rapid Response Team at Palos Hospital in Palos Heights, Illinois. This full-time night shift position offers the opportunity to provide critical care expertise across the hospital, responding to patients experiencing acute clinical deterioration.
Important Notice: At this time, Palos Hospital is not considering external ADN candidates for RN openings. We appreciate your interest in Northwestern Medicine and encourage external candidates to hold a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). Internal employee ADN candidates are still encouraged to apply.
Professional Accountability: The Staff Nurse assumes accountability and responsibility for individualized, age-specific care of patients along the continuum from admission to discharge. You will provide direct care to assigned patients and assist with other patient care when necessary, making ethical decisions on behalf of patients and families in high-acuity situations.
Clinical Excellence: As a registered professional nurse on our Rapid Response Team, you will collect and analyze assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses, collaborate with patients, families, and healthcare team members across units, and develop comprehensive plans of care to attain realistic outcomes in critical situations.
Assessment & Intervention: You will assess and record patient status, identifying patient care needs during rapid response calls. Organizing assessment health data to ensure accuracy, completeness, and accessibility is essential for effective intervention and communication with primary care teams.