Travel Nurse RN - OR - Operating Room
Albuquerque, NM
Rang Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

OR RN
12 Hour Days
Albuquerque, NM

Job Summary:
-Utilizes the nursing process to provide direct patient care to an assigned group of patients during a shift.
-Ensures safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable care of patients.
-Provides direct patient care by assessing, planning, implementing, evaluating, and documenting individual patient needs, actions taken, and patient responses.
-Coordinates patient care through collaboration with the patient/family and healthcare team.
-Initiates, utilizes, and documents appropriate protocols and standards of care.
-Administers medication and treatments as prescribed by physician or standard protocols and documents according to policy.
-Identifies and meets patient and family learning and discharge needs on admission and throughout the episode of care.
-Assumes responsibility for the clinical supervision of LPNs and non-licensed assistive personnel.
-Completes patient population/age-specific/procedure and protocol education and competency testing per unit standards.
 

Skills:

Required Skills & Experience:
-Minimum two (2) years current experience required in large OR.
-Candidate must be able to scrub.
-Must be a team player, flexible, and accustomed to fast paced environment.
-Must have successfully completed at least one 13-week travel assignment.

Preferred Skills & Experience:
-Epic experience preferred, but not required; can train on-site.
-Ortho, EENT, and/or vascular experience a plus.

Required Certifications & Licensure:
-State of New Mexico or Compact State Nursing License.
-BLS required.
-BLS, (ACLS, and PALS if obtained) must be completed through American Heart Association, American Health and Safety, or American Red Cross.