Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit
Chapel Hill, NC
Wellspring Nurse Source
3x12 hrs, Nights

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 the 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 the development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities.
  • Effectively uses communication systems.
  • Participates in promoting cost-effective care.
  • Provides 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, including appropriate physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs.
  • Synthesizes assessment data into meaningful conclusions 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.
  • Utilizes available multidisciplinary resources in planning care.
  • Begins to use a 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 relevant to practice.
  • Brings ideas and questions to the staff for assessment of applicability.

Skills

Required Skills & Experience:

• One (1) year of nursing experience.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• N/A

Education

Required Education:

• Nursing Diploma or</