Dialysis RN Travel Assignment

S & M Med Travel Agency•Zuni, NM

14d

About The Position

A Hemodialysis Staff Nurse is a qualified Registered Nurse who performs patient care and related duties as assigned by the Charge Nurse or Administrative Nursing Director, including assisting and supervising Dialysis Technicians.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and currently licensed as a Registered Nurse
CPR Certification

Nice To Haves

Training and/or experience (one year preferred) in an outpatient hemodialysis setting

Responsibilities

Start-up, set-up, operation, rinse and disinfection of dialysis machines.
Priming of dialyzers including all safety checks related to the reuse of dialyzers.
Pre- and post-dialysis nursing evaluation of patients, including sign-off after each dialysis shift on treatment records for assigned patients.
Initiates and discontinues dialysis treatment on all assigned patients.
Monitors patients throughout their hemodialysis treatment including vital signs, machine checks, emergency intervention and tends to miscellaneous patient needs.
Administration of medications to patients per physician order.
Neat and legible charting of treatment information, meds, routine tests, etc. per procedure.
Implementation and sign-off of physician orders.
Cleaning of dialysis machines, patient chairs and other ancillary equipment as needed.
Routine and non-routine EKG monitoring for symptomatic patients if there is a monitor or defibrillator on site.
Maintains Basic Life Support CPR Certification which includes CPR and other resuscitative measures as indicated and operation of the AED where appropriate as prompted in emergency situations.
Restocking of supplies, set-ups, meds, etc. as needed.
Performance of lab assignment including preparation and labeling of blood and other specimens, hematocrits, chemstrips, etc. per procedure.