Medical Surgical Telemetry RN
San Luis Obispo, CA
Cross Country Nurses
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Summary

Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical With Telemetry, San Luis Obispo, California. This position provides comprehensive nursing care for adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients in a medical-surgical setting. Responsibilities include care planning, medication administration, patient education, care coordination, clinical assessment, and delegation of patient care activities.

Job Details

• Schedule: Day shift, 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week.
• Required Qualifications:
  • Associate degree in nursing or equivalent.
  • Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice.
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from an approved provider.
  • At least one year of medical-surgical nursing experience.
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
  • Experience with telemetry, electronic health records, intravenous therapy, blood products, patient-controlled analgesia machines, epidural management, acute postoperative wound care, sterile technique, and vascular patency assessment.
• Additional Information:
  • Provides nursing interventions in stable and emergent patient situations.
  • Develops and implements multidisciplinary, goal-oriented care plans.
  • Administers medications and performs routine medical-surgical nursing procedures.
  • Assesses and addresses physiological, emotional, cognitive, psychosocial, and age-related patient needs.
  • Educates patients and families using methods appropriate to their age, condition, culture, and learning readiness.
  • Delegates care activities according to staff competency and scope of practice.
  • Documents nursing care and patient responses accurately and promptly.
  • Evaluates the effectiveness of care and communicates opportunities to improve patient services and unit operations.
  • Participates in the orientation and training of new employees, students, and ancillary staff.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits