Registered Nurse - Correctional

Job Summary

Staff Today is seeking a per diem / PRN Registered Nurse for a correctional setting in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

• Specialty: Correctional
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: Ongoing
• Shift: 10 hours, evenings, nights, flexible
• Employment Type: Per Diem

• Pay Rate: $47 / hour
• Shift Details: PRN needs, evening and night shifts, must be flexible

• A valid and current RN license issued by the state of NM
• A valid and current CPR card (American Heart Association)
• Proficiency in English for effective oral and written communication with staff and patients

• Provides general nursing care to patients.
• Administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques.
• Prepares equipment and aids physicians during treatments and examinations of patients.
• Observes patients, records significant conditions and reactions, and notifies supervisor or physician of patient condition and reaction to drugs, treatments, and significant incidents.
• Takes temperature, pulse, blood pressure and other vital signs to detect deviations from normal and assess condition of patient.
• May make beds, bathe, and feed patients.
• May serve as leader for a group of personnel rendering nursing care to number of patients.
• Additional RN duties given by Supervisor.