Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg / Telemetry - $3,238 per week

Registered Nurse *** 36-40 hours per week

Nursing - RN | Contractor

Description
Medical Telemetry | Cape Girardeau, MO | Contractor

Job Summary

Delivers Nursing Care by developing a nursing diagnosis; establishing nursing care objectives; defining nursing interventions; providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families/support person to understand patient conditions, medications, and self-care skills; noting changing conditions and needs; re-evaluating care objectives.

Essential Functions
Assures quality care by adhering to professional standards, healthcare organization policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and The Joint Commission standards
Maintains cooperative relationships among healthcare team members
Maintains safe, secure, and healthy patient care environment by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations; adhering to organization standards and policies, and to legal regulations; alerting others regarding potential concerns
Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records
Protects healthcare organization value by keeping information confidential; cautioning others regarding potential breaches
Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions to appropriate healthcare team member
Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans
Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions
Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity
Instruct individuals, families, or other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention and management
Provides patient care by reviewing providers orders; communicating the nursing care plan and all pertinent information to other members of the health care team; coordinating with other healthcare providers; providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families/support person; conferring with providers
Resolves patient issues by conferring with parties involved
Maintaining standards of professional nursing care
Promotes a culture of safety by maintaining awareness of patient’s safety needs at all times; acts as a patient advocate by voicing concerns, using chain of command as necessary; adheres to safety practices i.e. safety huddles, bedside shift report
Develops nursing care plans by obtaining medical histories; examining patients; documenting patient physical condition, psychological status, and influencing social factors; conferring with family/support person; developing a nursing diagnosis; establishing nursing care objectives; defining nursing interventions, schedules, and timetables
Administer medications, wound care, and numerous other personalized interventions and monitor patients for reactions or side effects
Preparing patient for and assisting with exams as needed. Explaining procedures/treatment/discharge to patient and family members to alleviate apprehension and to verify understanding of procedure/discharge
IV therapy competency including care for central lines
Recognize adverse signs and symptoms and quickly react in emergency situations
Appropriate supervision and delegation of duties to Unlicensed Assistive Personnel and other ancillary staff
Assures compliance with Joint Commission standards regarding National Patient Safety Goals and other areas of accreditation.
Other specified duties as assigned for patient care and unit specific competencies
Any other duties as needed to drive to the Vision, fulfill the Mission, and abide by the Values of the organization

Qualifications
Associate's Degree Nursing required
Bachelor's Degree Nursing preferred
RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure And/Or Compact State Licensure State of MO Upon Hire required
BLS - Basic Life Support Upon Hire required
STARR certification required within 90 Days required