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Home Health Nurse (RN): Home Health

Hoag

#Registered Nurse #RN #Medication Administration #BLS Certification #Hospice #Home Health #Discharge Planning #Pain Management #Specimen Collection

Quick overview

The Home Health/Hospice Nurse I (RN) provides direct patient care according to the Nurse Practice Act, collaborating with the healthcare team to ensure safe, timely, and quality care delivery. This includes performing physical assessments, administering medications, managing pain, and addressing the nutritional and teaching needs of assigned patients.

Requirements summary

Candidates must possess current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of California and a current Driver's License, along with current BLS certification before clinical rotation. One year of home health care experience is preferred, and applicants must have an insured, working automobile.

Medication AdministrationCollaborationPain ManagementDirect Patient CareNursing InterventionsDischarge PlanningPatient TeachingNursing ProcessSpecimen CollectionPhysical AssessmentsEvidence-Based PracticesNutritional NeedsEthical Decision MakingLegal Dilemma DecisionsMedical Dilemma Decisions

Job description

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Duties and Responsibilities

The Home Health/Hospice Nurse I (RN) role provides direct patient care in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act to assigned patients.
The nurse collaborates with other disciplines of the health care team to ensure the delivery of safe, timely and appropriate quality patient care.
This includes providing physical assessments, nursing interventions, pain management, medication administrations, specimen collection, meeting nutritional needs, and teaching and discharge needs of the patients assigned.
Utilizes the nursing process based on evidence-based best practices to meet patient care needs.
Evaluates and adjusts the nursing care process as necessary with consultation as needed, and confers with the appropriate resource personnel when making ethical/legal/medical dilemma decisions.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian is a nonprofit regional health care delivery network in Orange County, California, consisting of three acute-care hospitals with sixteen urgent care centers, eleven health centers and a network of more than1,800 physicians, 100 allied health members, 8,000 employees, and 2,000 volunteers. More than 30,000 inpatients and 550,000 outpatients choose Hoag each year.

For over 70 years, Hoag has delivered a level of personalized care that is unsurpassed among Orange County’s health care providers. Since 1952, Hoag has served the local communities and continues its mission to provide the highest quality health care services through the core strategies of quality and service, people, physician partnerships, strategic growth, financial stewardship, community benefit and philanthropy.

Hoag offers a comprehensive blend of health care services including six institutes providing specialized care in the areas of cancer, heart and vascular, neurosciences, women's health, orthopedics, and digestive health through our institutes.

Hoag was the highest ranked hospital in Orange County in the 2024-2025 U.S. News &World Report, the only Orange County hospital ranked in the top 10 for California. The organization was ranked the #5 hospital in the Los Angeles Metro Area and the #10 hospital in California.

To learn more about Hoag’s awards and accreditations, visit

https://www.hoag.org/about-hoag/awards-accreditations/ [].