Travel Nurse RN - ED - Emergency Department

Integrated Healthcare Services is seeking a travel nurse RN ED - Emergency Department for a travel nursing job in Holly Springs, North Carolina.

• Specialty:
  ED - Emergency Department
• Discipline:
  RN
• Duration: 8 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift:
  12 hours, nights
• Employment Type:
  
  Travel

Job Summary:

Provides competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards. Reporting and accountable to the Nurse Manager/Director, the Clinical Nurse is responsible for coordinating and delivering patient care utilizing the nursing process in a hospital setting.

Essential Duties:

- Education:

Participates in identifying and meeting learning needs of self.
-Attends education programs based on identified learning needs.
-With assistance, uses patient education materials relevant to patient population.
-Assesses readiness to learn of the patient/family/caregivers.
-Assesses developmental level of patient and factors affecting ability to learn.
-Evaluation of Care
-Identifies expected patient outcomes.
-Seeks guidance as needed in revision of plan of care.
-Participates in discussion with members of the interdisciplinary team in evaluation of patient care.
-Communicates relevant information to promote continuity of care.
-Implementation:
Demonstrates competence in care of patients with complex problems, including population-appropriate physical, psychosocial, educational and safety aspects of care.
-Performs bedside point of care testing as required for patient care plan.
-Utilizes healthcare organization and nursing standards, policies and procedures in delivery of care.
-Organizes and prioritizes care according to patient/family needs.
-Consults with appropriate resources in a timely fashion regarding patients with complex care issues, unusual teaching needs and/or those at high risk for discharge planning.
-Leadership:
With assistance, develops goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations.
-Achieves goals and objectives within identified time frame or renegotiates with supervisor.
-Is knowledgeable about activities which facilitate intra/interdepartmental collaboration.
-Participates in development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities.
-Effectively uses communication systems.
-Participates in promoting cost-effective care.
-Gives feedback to co-workers.
-Is aware of public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting the health care environment.
-Promotes a safe, clean and secure hospital environment for all.
-Patient Assessment:
Recognizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care.
-Includes appropriate physical, psychosocial, education and safety needs.
-Synthesizes assessment data into meaningful whole prior to communication to others.
-Assesses and anticipates discharge needs of individual patients and families.
-Develops relationships with families that promote their ability to advocate for the patient and their own needs.
-Planning:
Collaborates with patient/family to prepare or update the plan of care.
-Makes use of available multidisciplinary resources in planning care.
-Begins to use full range of communication as a means to convey planning.
-Identifies and addresses cultural and ethnic issues in planning patient care.
-Demonstrates ability to prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.
-Research:
Reads journals that contain studies or articles that may be applicable to practice.
-Brings ideas and questions to the staff at large for assessment of applicability. null Required

Skills & Experience:

-One (1) year of nursing experience.

Preferred

Skills & Experience:

-N/A null Required

Education:

-Nursing Diploma.
OR
-ADN or ASN from an accredited school of Nursing.

Preferred Education:

-BSN or MSN from an accredited school of Nursing.

Required Certifications & Licensure:
-Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.
-Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification (AHA or ARC).
Preferred Certifications & Licensure:
-N/A null

Integrated Healthcare Services Job  #. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: RN-ED - Emergency Department