Travel Nurse Level II RN - ED - Emergency Department
Brooklyn, NY
Prime Staffing
4x12 hrs, Nights

Responsibilities:
-Assess the immediate and continuing care needs of the patient/significant other.
-Develop comprehensive and current plans of care which include physical needs, patient, patient teaching, and discharge planning and psychosocial/spiritual needs.
-Provide direct patient care based on assessed needs and the medical regimen.
-Oversees and ensures the provision of all aspects of care for the patient.
-Supervises the care provided by other nursing personnel as defined in the scope of practice.
-Observe, evaluate, document, and communicate to relevant team members the patient's response to illness and/or therapeutic modalities.
-Ensures timely reassessment of patient responses to treatment and when significant changes occur in patient condition and/or diagnosis.
-Coordinate the overall plan of care to ensure implementation of nursing interventions and consistency with medical regimen.
-Establish priorities for care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team and initiates follow-up, as indicated, to ensure timely provision of patient care and therapeutic modalities.
-Assure the plan of care integrates age-specific care needs (e.g. pediatrics, geriatrics) as defined in the unit scope of care.
-Accept responsibility and accountability for nursing interventions and outcomes based on professional clinical judgments.
-Participate in QI activities related to patient care delivery and the development of nursing/hospital standards.
-Demonstrate ability to communicate effectively, manage stressful situations appropriately and facilitate interpersonal relationships with other disciplines.