About Job
- Evaluates severity of illness for all elective, direct and urgent admissions to determine appropriate level of patient care.
- Reviews physician orders for clinical appropriateness/completeness and proper admission status.
- Coordinates education and development of internal staff and external departments to ensure understanding of intake review and approval process.
- Conducts complex clinical review for inpatient, outpatient, and ancillary services requests for medical necessity.
- Applies the existing body of evidence-based practice and scientific knowledge in health care to nursing practice, ensuring that nursing care is delivered based on patient’s age-specific needs and clinical needs as described in the department's Scope of Service.
- As an SSM Health nurse, I will demonstrate the professional nursing standards defined in the professional practice model. Uses the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses to guide his/her response to the current and evolving health and nursing needs of our patients and our patient populations.
- Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing
- No experience required
- Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
- Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
- Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
- Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
- Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
- Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
- Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
- Rare climbing.
- Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
- And
- Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State
- Or
- Registered Nurse (RN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN)
Professional Field


Patient Focus
Diagnoses
Avoidant Personality Disorder
Gender Dysphoria
Issues
Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
Age Groups
Children (5-10)
Therapeutic Approach
Methodologies
ECT
Practice Specifics
Populations
Undergraduate/Graduate/Post Graduate
Settings
Faith-based organizations
In-patient Non-Psychiatric
In-patient Psychiatric
Partial Hospitalization (PHP)
Research Facilities/Labs/Clinical Trials
Home Health/In-home
Military
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