Travel Nurse RN - Med/Surg - $2,063 per week in Bronx, NY

Job Title: Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical Night Shift

Job Specialty: Med Surg Nursing

Job Duration: 13 weeks

Shift: 3x11.5 hours, 7PM - 7AM

Guaranteed Hours: Not specified

Experience: 2 years required

License: Valid RN License required

Certifications: BLS required

Must-Have: Experience with EPIC EMR, tracheostomies, and ventilators

Job Description

• Develop a plan of care for individual patients by interviewing patients and family members, reviewing the patient's health record, and determining the kind of health and physical care required, including discharge planning. The plan of care reflects any special cultural, religious, physical, and psychosocial needs identified, and contains expected outcomes individualized to the patient or situation.
• Initiate appropriate measures in emergencies when the physician is not immediately available, for example, take 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, taking into consideration 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 implementation of the plan, and coordinate 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 maintaining adequate supplies and equipment, as well as 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 candidate must be willing to work every other weekend and holidays and may be required to float to other medical-surgical units. The scrub color is Ciel blue.