Temporary Registered Nurse, Watkins 1

Overview

Hours: 24-Hours, Nights, 11:00pm - 7:30am, (3) 8-hour shifts per week, 10-week assignment, Every other weekend and holiday, Sunday-Saturday

$39.58 - $78.93

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Job Summary:

The telemetry RN will provide competent and caring nursing skills while upholding the mission, vision, and values of Heywood Hospital. Able to interpret cardiac rhythm strips and to act/react to those findings including knowledge of IV drip titration as appropriate to W1/telemetry patient needs. This position includes assessment, interpretation of physiologic elements, development of nursing plan of care, patient education, communication with physicians, etc.

Responsibilities

• Provides patient care based on standards of care, standards of practice, protocols, and established policies and procedures.
• Respects each patient as an individual; provides care that fosters the patient’s sense of dignity and positive self-regard.
• Provides patient/family teaching based on identified learning needs, readiness to learn, and barriers to learning.
• Collaboratively plans and prepares patient/family for discharge incorporating support systems/resources as necessary.
• Appropriately delegates and supervises nursing interventions performed by others.
• Appropriately prioritizes patient care (e.g. seeks assistance as needed from appropriate resources, reassigns personnel as necessary, recognizes need for emergency intervention, etc.).
• Provides thorough, timely, and accurate documentation of all pertinent data, therapeutic interventions and patient responses according to established standards.
• Provides timely and thorough report on assigned patients to other health care team members to ensure integration of services and continuity of patient care.
• Promotes learning for colleagues and self (e.g. functions as preceptor, instructor, trainer, attends professional development programs, etc.).
• Proactively identifies risk to patient safety and identifies opportunities to reduce medical/health care errors (i.e. appropriate reporting of errors/incidents).
• Identifies ethical issues in care and develops plan to address.
• Safely administers medications and intravenous therapy in accordance with physician’s orders, protocols, policies and procedures.
• Assesses patient pain level upon admission and as necessary, depending upon diagnosis utilizing the numerical pain scale.
• Reassesses effectiveness of pain control and notifies physicians as needed, as well as, documents assessment and patients’ response to medication.
• Responsible for obtaining supporting information and completing required documentation related to medication reconciliation for use by the Attending MD.
• Interprets and documents patient cardiac rate, rhythm and configuration (PR ST segment) and initiates appropriate treatment plan based on physician orders.
• Institutes appropriate measures in life threatening situations.
• Evaluates and takes appropriate action for patients with chest pain or other cardiac related symptoms.
• Participates actively in daily multi-disciplinary rounds for planning, coordinating, implementing and evaluating patient care.
• Recognizes normal and abnormal laboratory and diagnostic results and appropriately notifies the physician of changes in a timely manner.
• Provides ongoing assessment and teaching to the surgical patient/family, utilizing current standards and protocols.
• Recognizes normal and deviant progress patterns and reports problems or concerns to physician in a timely manner.
• Provides ongoing assessment and teaching to the surgical patient/family, utilizing current standards and protocols.
• Utilizes pain management devices and other techniques to ensure proper pain relief.
• Sets up, maintains and troubleshoots other equipment related to the surgical patient such as; traction/orthopedic equipment/devices, feeding pumps, chest tubes and drains, etc.

Qualifications

• Current MA RN License
• ACLS upon hire OR must hold an active BLS card and obtain AHA ACLS within 60 days of hire