RN - Progressive Care​/Telemetry

Overview

Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN) - Progressive Care/Telemetry

Location: Pompton Plains, NJ 07444

Duration: 3 + Months W2 Contract (Potential Extension of contract)

Pay Rate: $54/hr. on W2

Shift: 7 pm – 7 am.

• Collects health history data from patient/family/significant other, and from previous medical records, while interacting with patient based on adolescent, adult or geriatric principles of communication.
• Completes admission assessment within the acceptable time frame. Notifies consults when admitting criteria has been identified.
• Completes Braden scale appropriately. Continually reassesses the developmental, biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, educational, and discharge needs of patients.
• Creates individualized age-appropriate plan of care by involving patient, family, or significant other, reflecting the need for safety, education, and a healing atmosphere.
• Updates and revises the plan of care as needed and as patient status changes, in consultation with patient, family, and caregiver.
• Develops realistic outcomes/resolutions based on developmental stage in life, integrating into practice the physiological changes and psychological needs related to the elderly (e.g., skin integrity, safety, depression).
• Recognizes and documents interventions needed to obtain outcomes/resolutions. Continually reevaluates patients’ needs accurately, initiating appropriate nursing actions to address needs.
• Delegates responsibilities for care, when applicable, and makes assignments according to skill level of caregiver.
• Performs patient care activities based on priorities of care. Integrates, delegates, and coordinates patient care using an interdisciplinary approach.
• Documentation reflects the patient’s response to nursing interventions, medications, treatments, and education while corresponding to age-appropriate expectations.
• Documentation is legible, timely, accurate, and in accordance with policy and procedure.
• Complies with Department of Health and other regulatory agency requirements.
• Updates bed boards and communicates bedside needs.
• Assesses patients/family’s/significant others comprehension, skill level, and barriers to learning.
• Initiates and coordinates patient/family/significant other teaching utilizing age-appropriate instructions and teaching tools to reinforce areas of knowledge deficit.
• Provides teaching bag to each patient, reviewing its contents upon unit admission.
• Documents all teaching performed to both patients/families on interdisciplinary teaching record.
• Discharge plan is initiated at the time of admission and implemented throughout the hospital length of stay.
• Participates in interdisciplinary patient care meetings.
• Develops, initiates, and participates in the process of patient education, discharge instructions, and preparation of patient/family/significant other for discharge.
• Continues education and reinforcement of patient discharge plan with all involved.
• Accomplishes a timely, comfortable, and safe discharge.
• Transcribes orders correctly. Signs off orders, using date, time, first initial, full last name, and status correctly and in a timely manner.
• Utilizes computer system. Accepts phone orders as per policy and documents readback.
• Clarifies unclear, illegible, or non-specific orders prior to implementation.
• Other duties may be assigned.
• Applies telemetry leads correctly for monitoring; addresses the purpose of cardiac monitoring with the patient, family, significant other.
• Coordinates with the Telemetry Technician individualized arrhythmic parameters for the patient’s condition to ensure correct alarm settings are set.
• Interprets and documents telemetry monitoring strips accurately, keeping attending Physician informed of ectopy.
• Initiates chest pain protocol as indicated utilizing appropriate nursing interventions and documenting outcomes.
• Follows telemetry standing orders.
• Manages patients on high-risk intravenous cardiac drugs and understands the implications of treatment.
• Assists with elective cardioversion.

• BSN Preferred or enrolled in BSN program.
• Valid NJ RN License.

• Valid NJ RN License.

• BLS Required.
• ACLS Required.
• PCCN Preferred.

• 1-2 years of experience in Cardiac/Telemetry.
• 1-2 years in Acute Care.
• Basic dysrhythmia experience required.

Hours Per Week: 36.00

Hours Per Day: 12.00

Days Per Week: 3.00