Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg
Bronx, NY
WCS Healthcare Partners
4x10 hrs, Nights

Summary

Join our team at WCS Healthcare Partners in Bronx, NY, as a Medical/Surgical Registered Nurse. This contract opportunity allows you to work with a top-tier clinical team in a fast-paced acute care environment, enhancing your skills and advancing your career.

Responsibilities

• Administer prescribed medications (oral, subcutaneous, IV) and accurately document all treatments.
• Monitor patients for adverse reactions and report findings per facility policy.
• Educate patients on surgical procedures and post-operative expectations.
• Record patient medical histories, vital signs, and clinical assessments.
• Operate, monitor, and adjust specialized patient-care equipment; interpret and document electronic data.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure safe, high-quality patient care.
• Develop a plan of care for individual patients by interviewing patient and family members, reviewing the patient's health record, and determining the kind of health and physical care required, including discharge planning.
• Initiate appropriate measures in emergency situations when the physician is not immediately available, such as resuscitative measures in case of cardiac or respiratory arrest.
• Plan, provide, and appropriately document the teaching of patients and families in preventative, curative, and rehabilitative measures.
• Evaluate progress toward attainment of outcomes including patient status, interventions, and patient response to nursing and therapeutic interventions, and update the plan of care.
• Document specific health care requirements for patients and prepare written assignments to individual team members.
• Assume oversight for patient care administered by licensed practical nurses and unlicensed personnel in any assigned or delegated tasks.
• Provide technical guidance, delegation, and direction to other registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and unlicensed personnel.
• Share responsibilities for sustaining adequate supplies and equipment as well as general upkeep of the unit.
• Maintain knowledge and competency that reflects current nursing practice and promotes professional growth for self and other staff members.
• Demonstrate positive role model and leadership qualities. Adhere to and promote professional, ethical, and legal standards of nursing.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing or Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• Active State RN License.
• Minimum 2 years of acute Med/Surg experience.
• BLS & ACLS certifications through the American Heart Association.
• Epic EMR experience required.
• Strong communication, assessment, and customer-service skills.