Travel Nurse RN - Labor and Delivery
Louisville, KY
LanceSoft
3x12 hrs, Nights

Shift: 645p-715a, every other weekend (36hrs) Required: BLS, ACLS, NRP, EFM (AWHONN course only accepted), Epic experience, 2 years L&D RN experience, KY license at time of submission

Duties:

Job Summary:
A professional nurse is an individual accountable for the care of a group of patients. The Registered Nurse (RN) focuses on safe effective patient and family centered care, customer satisfaction and quality outcomes. The RN is responsible for assisting in maintaining a financially stable unit, promoting his/her own development with an emphasis on evidence-based practice and education supported by a Practice Governance framework. The RN supervises licensed and non-licensed staff members. Applying the caring processes of the Kristin M. Swanson Model of Care, the RN has the responsibility to assess, develop, implement and evaluate the plan of care. The RN focuses on patient and family comforts, education and satisfaction. The RN applies his/her educational and professional experiences in the delivery of quality care and mentoring/precepting staff. 
 
Job Responsibilities: 
-Assessment: Performs assessments & reassessments per policy & procedure or as warranted by patient condition; demonstrates ability to make sound independent decisions. 
-Development & Implementation: Initiates, prioritizes and implements the plan of care and reviews and revises the plan as indicated. Collaborates with patient/family & interdisciplinary services; utilizes resources appropriately to support the needs of the organization/patient/family. 
-Evaluation: Monitors and documents response to clinical interventions. 
-Education: Facilitates/coordinates/provides/evaluates education specific to patient/family needs and as appropriate to the care, treatment and services provided during their stay and at discharge. 
-Leadership: Delegates tasks to licensed and non-licensed personnel; functions as a mentor/preceptor; demonstrates/encourages/facilitates teamwork; identifies and appropriately communicates opportunities for improvement; participates in quality, safety and service process improvement efforts and implements practice changes; complies with regulatory standards; participates in the Practice Governance model. Supervisor.
-Is knowledgeable about activities which facilitate intra/interdepartmental collaboration.
-Participate in development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities.
-Effectively uses communication systems.
-Participate in promoting cost-effective care.
-Gives feedback to co-workers.
-Is aware of public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting the health care environment.
-Promotes a safe, clean and secure hospital environment for all.
-Patient Assessment: Recognizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care.
-Includes appropriate physical, psychosocial, education and safety needs.
-Synthesizes assessment data into meaningful whole prior to communication to others.
-Assesses and anticipates discharge needs of individual patients and families.
-Develops relationships with families that promote their ability to advocate for the patient and their own needs.
-Planning: Collaborates with patient/family to prepare or update the plan of care.
-Make use of available multidisciplinary resources in planning care.
-Begins to use full range of communication as a means to convey planning.
-Identifies and addresses cultural and ethnic issues in planning patient care.
-Demonstrates ability to prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.
-Research: Reads journals that contain studies or articles that may be applicable to practice.
-Brings ideas and questions to the staff at large for assessment of applicability.

Skills:

Required Skills & Experience:
-Two (2) years of acute care RN experience.

Education:

Required Education:
-Nursing Diploma.
OR
-Associate’s Degree (ASN).

Required Certifications & Licensure:
-Registered Nurse.
-BLS, ACLS, NRP, EFM.

Certifications & Licenses:

ACLS Certification

BLS Certification

EFM Certification

NRP Certification

Registered Nurse