Travel Nurse RN - Med/Surg - $1,931 per week in Bronx, NY

Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN) Level 2

Job Specialty: Medical-Surgical

Job Duration: 13 weeks

Shift: Night Shift, 7 PM - 7 AM; 3 shifts of 11 hours each

Guaranteed Hours: Not specified

Experience: Minimum 1 year; previous travel experience preferred

License: Active RN License

Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS)

Must-Have: Experience with EPIC EMR; strong written and communication skills

Job Description

• Develop a plan of care for individual patients by interviewing patients and family members, reviewing the patient's health record, and determining required health and physical care, including discharge planning. Plans should reflect any special cultural, religious, physical, and psychosocial needs identified and contain expected outcomes individualized to the patient or situation.
• Initiate appropriate measures in emergency situations when the physician is not immediately available, such as taking resuscitative measures in case of cardiac or respiratory arrest.
• Administer therapeutic measures as prescribed by the physician, such as medications and IV therapy, that alter hemodynamic status, respiratory therapy, mechanical ventilation, etc.
• Plan, provide, and appropriately document the teaching of patients and families in preventative, curative, and rehabilitative measures, considering patients' and families' learning needs, styles, barriers, and readiness to learn.
• Record observations, nursing interventions, therapeutic measures administered, and status of coordinated activities between nursing and other professional disciplines.
• Evaluate progress toward attainment of outcomes, including patient status, interventions, and patient response to nursing and therapeutic interventions, and update the plan of care.
• Document specific health care requirements for patients and prepare written assignments for individual team members, matching the skills and abilities of staff to the care requirements of patients.
• Plan and develop care delivery and implement the plan, coordinating the documentation of care.
• Assume oversight for patient care administered by licensed practical nurses and unlicensed personnel in any assigned or delegated tasks.
• Provide technical guidance, delegation, and direction to other registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and unlicensed personnel.
• Share responsibilities for sustaining adequate supplies and equipment and general upkeep of the unit and preserving a safe environment.
• Maintain knowledge and competency that reflects current nursing practice and promotes professional growth for self and other staff members.
• Demonstrate positive role model and leadership qualities. Adhere to and promote professional, ethical, and legal standards of nursing.
• Maintain and promote positive personal work habits, interpersonal skills, and public relationships with employees, administration, medical staff, patients, and families.
  
  

Note: The assignment will be canceled if not available for every-other-weekend work. Required scrubs are ciel blue.