Travel Nurse RN - Float Med Surg / Telemetry
Cincinnati, OH
Navitas Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Nights
Retention Bonus

Duties:

Job Summary:

The practice of nursing requires specialized knowledge, judgment, and skills to provide care to groups and individuals. The RN utilizes knowledge derived from the principles of biological, physical, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care. All care is provided based on the concepts inherent in the model of care for TCH which promotes an on-going partnership between patients and families and the team of healthcare providers. The care is culturally based and age specific. The RN adheres to American Nursing Association (ANA) code of ethics and to the scope of practice described in the Ohio Nurse Practice Act.

Job Responsibilities:

--Assessment:

-Demonstrates the nursing skills to complete a holistic assessment of the patient's physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and education needs utilizing The Christ Hospital Professional Practice Model.

-Understands signs and symptoms and data related to the patient's presenting needs and actual or potential nursing diagnosis.

-Recognizes and appropriately reports to the physician and charge RN pertinent abnormal data and changes in the patient's condition.

-Utilizes appropriate handoff methods to collaborate with other healthcare team members to communicate pertinent data regarding patient's physiological and psychological data.

-Assesses patient, family, and environment for safety risks, proactively seeks out and performs safety initiatives.

--Diagnosis and Planning:

-Utilizes collected data to establish and prioritize a list of actual, and potential, individualized patient problems and needs.

-Prepares, coordinates, and revises multidisciplinary plan of care in collaboration with the patient and family to be supportive of the TCH model of care/Patient and Family Centered care.

-For each problem a measurable goal is set.

-Communicates the plan of care utilizin