Travel Nurse RN - ER/Trauma - $3,080 per week in Wrangell, AK

Job Title: Registered Nurse

Job Specialty: Emergency Room Nurse, Ambulatory Care

Job Duration: 13 Weeks

Shift: 12-hour shifts; may include day or night shifts

Guaranteed Hours: 36 per week

Experience: Prior experience in the area of specialty is preferred

License: Valid, current, full, and unrestricted RN license

Certifications: BLS and PALS upon hire; ACLS must be obtained within 6 months of hire

Must-Have: Flu vaccination

Job Description

• Coordinate and perform a variety of nursing care procedures for patients of all ages, requiring professional knowledge.
• Work independently in completing assignments based on provider orders, standards of care, nursing policies, and procedures.
• Maintain accountability for all actions taken and consult with the appropriate manager or supervisor in difficult situations.
• React calmly and make sound nursing judgments in emergent situations.
• Promote excellence in care by implementing safe, therapeutic, and efficient practices using appropriate infection control measures.
• Set priorities for patient care based on acuity and patient preferences, anticipating potential problems.
• Adapt to changes in the area by setting priorities for emergencies and changes in patient status.
• Initiate, manage, and document nursing procedures consistent with scientific principles and departmental policy.
• Administer age-specific medications and therapeutics accurately.
• Coordinate patient care activities with physicians and other healthcare team members.
• Provide patient education, explaining tests, procedures, and disease processes.
• Facilitate patient healing by providing individualized, goal-oriented nursing care.
• Evaluate patient's progress towards goals, revising care plans as needed.
• Assure confidentiality of patient information.
• Obtain, interpret, and apply age-related patient information in terms of cognitive, physical, emotional, and developmental needs.
• Document assessment findings that include body systems review, lab results, diagnostic findings, and interdisciplinary input.
• Recognize and distinguish between normal and abnormal assessments.
• Develop and contribute to a plan of nursing action based on existing and potential patient problems.
• Transcribe and note physician orders accurately, initiating patient care plans using patient care standards.
• Conduct educational programs and provide discharge patient information as needed.
• Communicate with staff, patients, and healthcare team members in a supportive, constructive, and positive manner.
• Participate in departmental staff meetings and contribute to unit goal setting.
• Complete annual competencies, evaluation materials, and maintain certifications and licensures.
• Perform other duties as assigned to ensure quality patient care.