Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit
New Albany, IN
LanceSoft
3x12 hrs, Nights

 Job Summary: The RN implements professional nursing practice centered on the patient as a whole person and the creation of a caring environment focused on healing and wellness. Nursing practices are based on evidence and current research as well as hospital and department policies and procedures, regulatory standards, and professional guidelines. Clinical decision-making incorporates all four phases of the nursing process, critical thinking, and creativity. Nursing excellence is promoted through helping relationships among nursing staff and across other disciplines. Coordinating, ensuring, and providing direct patient care activities on the unit through: provision of nursing rounds, assessments, and treatments; facilitating admission, transfer, and discharge activities; provision of patient and family-centered education; care coordination and individualized treatment planning as applicable, etc.   Job Responsibilities: -Assessment of Patient’s Needs -Performs and documents a comprehensive assessment in accordance with RNs’ scope of practice and hospital policies/procedures.   -Considers the patient’s culture, age and developmental level. -Identifies patient risk factors and presenting complaint.   -Obtains patient health information from family or others as necessary. -Collects objective/quantitative and subjective/qualitative data.   -Verifies initial admission assessment, if obtained by other members of the healthcare team. -Develops a problem list, prioritizing patient needs based on input from the inter-professional team as appropriate.   -Design actions and interventions relevant to patient’s culture and age.    -Determines desired outcomes in coordination with patient and family in accordance with medical plan of care. -Fully implements patient care therapies and procedures with empowerment and clinical autonomy within scope of practice in accordance with established policies, procedures, professional guidelines, culture, and age of patient served.    -Explains procedures, treatments and processes to patient and family.    -Initiates action to alleviate patient’s stress and discomfort.    -Recognizes, responds to, and communicates changes in patient condition appropriately.    -Conducts and documents ongoing  assessment and response to procedures and therapies using nursing process according to hospital policy, established standards, culture and age of patient served.    -Delegates task appropriately and oversee team members in the performance of activities regarding patient care.   -Monitor’s accuracy and completeness of delegated patient care provided by other team members in implementation of plan of care.   -Identifies and addresses educational needs of patients related to prioritized problems according to level of comprehension.   -Facilitates patient discharge process by executing discharge orders in a timely manner, identifying potential discharges, assuring the performance of discharge teaching and coordination of plan with Case Management and others as indicated. -Provides input into patient/nurse assignments in consideration of available staffing, unit activity and patient acuity.    -Demonstrates active participation in unit-based activities in support of organizational values/priorities.    -Promotes a positive group dynamic and healing environment through words and actions. -Assures nursing excellence in accordance with accepted standards, evidence -based practice, current research, and caring philosophy.   -Actively participates in department and/or unit quality improvement activities and core measures such as, but not limited to, patient satisfaction, patient falls, pressure ulcers, CAUTIs, auditing and monitoring of documentation.   -Uses a holistic perspective regarding patient care. Job Summary: The registered nurse implements the nursing process for each assigned to his/her care regardless of age (i.e. infancy to geriatric) and is responsible for the patient’s care consistent with the Indiana Nursing Laws and organizational policies and procedures. The registered nurse promotes positive patient outcomes, and the delivery of quality patient care and initiates change through active involvement in the unit-based and hospital shared governance councils while contributing to a healthy professional practice environment. National Professional Nursing Standards serve as guidelines for nurses as they utilize critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills and exercise appropriate nursing judgment. The registered nurse collaborates with the inter professional team to enhance patient outcomes. The registered nurse serves as a role model through actively participating in the process of continuous professional development and lifelong learning. Utilizes the Nursing Process as the framework for providing care. Job Responsibilities: --20% Performs assessment/reassessment: -Complete documents of initial and ongoing patient assessments based on population served. --20% Develops plan of care, utilizing appropriate evidence-based standards of care: -Establishes specific, realistic and measurable goals. -Develops an individualized plan of care/education for each patient/family upon admission. -Initiates and participates in transitions of care in collaboration with hospital and community resources. -Collaborates with inter-professional team and updates plan appropriately. --20% Provides patient-centered care consistent with policies, procedures, current evidence based professional standards of practice and Baptist Health Floyd’s nursing mission, vision, values, and professional practice model: -Implements nursing actions in a safe, timely manner. -Utilizes appropriate technology to provide safe care. -Exercises clinical reasoning in care delivery. -Implements physician orders in a timely manner. -Manages emergency situations appropriately. -Implements patient and family education plan. -Collaborate with the inter-professional team. --20% Evaluates patient response to treatment: -Communicates the patient status to inter-professional peers, supervisors, and patient’s physician(s) as appropriate. -Evaluates effectiveness of nursing care and modifies care accordingly. -Documents response to nursing care and education accurately and completely according to policy and procedures. --20% Applies clinical reasoning, organizational and leadership skills: -Establishes priorities appropriately for care of patients. -Organizes workload to complete work assignments within scheduled shift and times. -Provides concise and accurate bedside and professional exchange reports. -Delegates tasks appropriately. -Works collaboratively with inter-professional colleagues to achieve timely, effective transitions of care. -Acts as a role model demonstrating sound clinical reasoning and nursing judgement. -Serves as a resource to others. -Facilitates orientation of new staff members. -Actively participates in unit based and hospital shared governance councils and decision-making groups. -Participate in activities that promote professional growth and development. -Incorporate process improvement concepts into professional practice to achieve optimal outcomes.

Skills:

              Required Skills & Experience: -No experience required. -Accepts responsibility for words, actions, attitude, and results while meeting deadlines and performance expectations. -Practices effective, clear, and respectful communications (both verbal and written) and demonstrates attentiveness through active listening and engaged body language. -Collaborates, respects, and cooperates with all co-workers, valuing differences and addressing concerns directly, while actively contributing to the vision and results of the team. -Warmly, personally, and professionally greets all internal and external customers, promoting a high level of satisfaction by providing information about what to expect, actively listening, and intentionally following up on questions and concerns, including taking corrective action when necessary. -Shows an understanding and knowledge of computer systems and applications and/or ability to be trained -Ability to communicate/collaborate with other care team members -Ability to assess age specific patient safety issues and implement appropriate safety devices for all patients. Preferred Skills & Experience: -Previous nursing experience.

Education:

              Required Education: -ADN or ASN. Preferred Education: -BSN Required Certifications & Licensure: -Active, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license in the applicable state. -BLS Preferred Certifications & Licensure: -N/A