Travel RN - Registered Nurse L&D

Overview

13 week contract. 36 hours per week required. BLS, ACLS, Advanced NRP, C-EFM and AWHONN Intermediate certifications required.

• Assesses the patient’s physiologic health status
• Conducts patient interview, explains policies and procedures to patient/significant others, reviews patient’s chart and answers questions correctly and courteously
• Assesses gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, respiratory, renal and neurological health status
• Determines mobility, sensory deficits, prostheses use, and skin condition and adjusts plan of care, as appropriate
• Assesses level of pain and pain management
• Communicates/documents patient’s physiologic health status and plan of care
• Assesses patient’s psychosocial health status
• Elicits perception of medical/nursing care and the expectation of care
• Determines coping mechanism, knowledge level, and ability to comprehend
• Identifies cultural/ethnic requirements to reduce anxiety and ensure patient satisfaction
• Communicates and documents psychological status and care plan; support group, counseling services, social services
• Identifies patient outcome
• Develops criteria for measurement of patient outcomes
• Identifies actual/potential patient problems
• Identifies patient’s need for teaching based on psychosocial and developmental assessment
• Develops patient outcome statement(s) and establishes individualized patient goals
• Formulates the plan of care and establishes the priorities necessary to achieve expected outcome
• Identifies care activities and establishes the priorities necessary to achieve expected outcome
• Coordinates the cost-effective use of supplies, equipment and medication to achieve expected outcome
• Documents the plan of care and collaborates with physicians and other health team members
• Implements the plan of care
• Maintains constant vigilance over patients care to ensure that safety precautions/needs are followed
• Exercises professional skills related to the plan of care
• Reassesses patients as needed and appropriately revises plan of care
• Correctly administers prescribed treatments
• Correctly uses equipment necessary for patient care
• Provides emotional support to patient and significant other
• Applies scientific principles in performing procedures; carries them out safely, timely and efficiently
• Makes accurate observations of patient’s conditions during treatments/procedures and reports/records appropriately
• Keeps accurate documentation of patient’s treatment, activity and condition, as well as patient’s responses to medical and nursing interventions
• Uses appropriate methods of documentation according to departmental policy
• Acts rapidly and effectively during any emergency situation, managing self, patients and other employees
• Provides a calm, quiet, restful atmosphere. Communicates effectively with the patient’s family or caretakers
• Participates in planning for discharge and coordinates referrals, as appropriate
• Provides discharge instructions to patient and significant other
• Evaluates care provided for patient outcome
• Demonstrates ability to measure effectiveness of care provided and documents same
• Performs variance analysis related to outcome data for performance improvement
• Designs, implements, and evaluates systems to improve care in Unit
• Keeps accurate documentation of patient’s treatment, activity and condition
• Uses appropriate methods of documentation according to departmental policy
• Collaborates with other care team members in planning and carrying out treatment regimen; provides direction to other members of the care team
• Collaborates with the appropriate physician on patient’s plan of care
• Accurately interprets and implements treatment regimen as prescribed by the Physician
• Assists the Physician during treatments and/or diagnostic procedures
• Keeps the Patient Care Manager/designee and/or physician, abreast of changes in patient’s condition and/or treatments, as appropriate
• Uses clinical judgment in delegating assignments to the Patient Care Associate, Support Care Associate and Clerical Service Associate in providing patient care, and ensures that assignments are completed in a timely fashion
• Performs grade I-IV Decubitus Care
• Performs preventive skin care measures
• Applies simple…