Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit
Goldsboro, NC
Wellspring Nurse Source
3x12 hrs, Days

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 educational programs based on identified learning needs.
• Utilizes patient education materials relevant to the patient population with assistance.
• Assesses readiness to learn of the patient, family, and caregivers.
• Evaluates the developmental level of patients and factors affecting their ability to learn.

Evaluation of Care

• Identifies expected patient outcomes.
• Seeks guidance as needed in revising the plan of care.
• Participates in discussions with interdisciplinary team members regarding patient care evaluation.
• Communicates relevant information to promote continuity of care.

Implementation

• Demonstrates competence in the care of patients with complex problems, encompassing 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 the delivery of care.
• Organizes and prioritizes care based on patient and family needs.
• Consults with appropriate resources in a timely manner regarding patients with complex care issues or unusual teaching needs.

Leadership

• With assistance, develops goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations.
• Achieves goals and objectives within identified timeframes or renegotiates with supervisor.
• Understands activities that facilitate intra/interdepartmental collaboration.
• Participates in the development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities.
• Effectively uses communication systems and promotes cost-effective care.
• Provides feedback to colleagues.
• Stays informed of public policy and regulatory guidelines impacting the healthcare environment.
• Promotes a safe, clean, and secure environment for all.

Patient Assessment

• Recognizes data from complex situations to prioritize care.
• Addresses appropriate physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs.
• Synthesizes assessment data into a meaningful whole prior to conveying information to others.
• Assesses and anticipates discharge needs of individual patients and families.
• Develops relationships with families that empower them to advocate for both the patient and their own needs.

Planning

• Collaborates with patients and families to prepare or update the plan of care.
• Utilizes available multidisciplinary resources in planning care.
• Begins to use an extensive range of communication techniques to convey planning.
• Identifies and addresses cultural and ethnic issues in patient care planning.
• Demonstrates the ability to prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.

Research

• Engages with professional journals featuring studies or articles applicable to nursing practice.
• Brings ideas and questions to the staff for evaluation and applicability.

Skills & Experience

Required Skills & Experience

• One (1) year of nursing experience.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• N/A

Education

Required Education

• Nursing Diploma or ADN/ASN from an accredited school of Nursing.

Preferred Education

• BSN or MSN from an accredited school of Nursing.

Certifications & Licensure

Required Certifications & Licensure

• Licensed to practice as a