Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually
growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our
patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best
healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the
possibilities of a career at Northside today.The Registered Professional
Nurse at Northside Hospital independently plans and provides
professionalnursing care to patients in accordance with physician orders
and established guidelines, and in accordance with the scope of practice
as defined by the Georgia Nurse Practice Act. The American Nurses
Association\'s (ANA) Nursing: Scope and Standards of Nursing Practice,
3rd Edition (2015), provides a definition of nursing as: \'Nursing is
the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities,
prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing, alleviation
of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and
advocacy in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities, and
populations.\' Furthermore, the scope of practice of the registered
nurse and the corresponding standards and competencies are dependent on
the nurse\'s education, experience, role and population served (ANA,
Scope and Standards of Practice, 2015, p 2.). The practice of
professional nursing at Northside Hospital utilizes ANA\'s Scope and
Standards Practice: 1. Clinical Knowledge and Practice . Assessment,
Diagnosis, Outcomes Identification, Planning, Implementation,
Evaluation; Clinical Information Systems; Patient Care Technology. 2.
Professional Practice . Communication, Culturally Congruent Practice,
Ethics, Professional Practice Evaluation and Resource Utilization 3.
Leadership . Collaboration, Community Involvement, and Environmental
Health 4. Professional Development . Education of Self and Others,
Expansion of Knowledge, Advancement of Practice, Contribution to the
Professional/Clinical Specialty 5. Evidence-Based Practice, Quality and
Research . Evidence-based Practice, Nursing Research, Quality of
Practice, Patient Satisfaction Scores, External Reporting/Benchmarks
Northside Hospital Staff Registered Nurse positions are based on a
sequential progression from a novice nurse to an expert. The job
descriptions for Staff RN I to Staff RN VI therefore imply that a nurse
who is employed at a specific level possesses the knowledge, skills,
competencies and critical thinking abilities of all prior
levels.REQUIRED:1. Must be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing
and licensed as an RN in the State of Georgia in good standing without
limitations. 2. Less than one year of experience as a registered
professional nurse. 3. Certified in American Heart Association\'s Basic
Cardiac Life Support (BLS). 4. Other REQUIRED cardiopulmonary
resuscitation certifications (ACLS, PREFERRED:1. BSN degree preferred 2.
Other preferred RN attributes are unit specific. Please refer to the
specific clinical unit.Northside Hospital is an Equal Opportunity
employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national
origin, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation or protected
veteran status.