Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit
Palm Springs, CA
Prodware Solutions LLC
3x12 hrs, Days

Requirements

• Current CA Registered Nurse License
• Associate Degree in Nursing ADN or Bachelor's Degree in Nursing BSN
• Current American Heart Association BLS certification and ACLS certification (maintain current at all times)
• Effective verbal and written skills to communicate with people on all levels and able to maintain positive working relationships with parents, families, and co-workers
• Possess active listening skills
• Compassionate and non judgmental care giver and advocate
• Able to independently manage multiple priorities
• Must comply with Respiratory Fit Testing Protection Policy
• Must successfully complete EKG test within (60) sixty days of hire/ transfer

Responsibilities

• Maintain Chemotherapy Competency
• Obtains information and interpret information in terms of the patient's needs.
• Demonstrates knowledge of growth and development.
• Understands the range of treatment needed as appropriate to the ages of the patients served.
• Maintains Annual competencies.
• Performs and documents accurate comprehensive and daily assessments per policy and standards for specific unit.
• Demonstrates knowledge associated with specific unit disease processes.
• Demonstrates knowledge of commonly used drugs for specific unit.
• Initiates, documents progressive patient, and family/significant teaching.
• Facilitates the discharge process ensuring all goals are addressed prior to discharge.
• Initiates interdisciplinary communications and incorporates recommendations.
• Works with other disciplines for complex discharge planning and early facilitation of discharge process.
• The Clinical Nurse assumes principal responsibility for the total nursing care, assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation of each assigned patient.
• The staff nurse initiates teaching and educates the patient and family/or significant other to attain optimal health.