Travel RN- Registered Nurse (ICU-Stepdown)- FlexStaff- $2902/week

FlexStaff•Poughkeepsie, NY

8d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a 13-week assignment for a Travel RN in the ICU-Stepdown unit. The role involves performing an age-specific plan of care using the nursing process, collaborating with physicians and other healthcare team members, and utilizing leadership skills and clinical judgment in patient care coordination.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.
Associate’s Degree in Nursing, required.
Minimum 1-2 years of professional nursing experience in the related specialty.
Current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State and/or Connecticut, required.
BLS required.
ACLS required.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, preferred.

Responsibilities

Assesses the patient’s physiologic health status, including conducting patient interviews, explaining policies, reviewing charts, assessing various body systems, determining mobility and skin condition, assessing pain, and communicating/documenting findings.
Assesses patient’s psychosocial health status, including eliciting perceptions of care, determining coping mechanisms, identifying cultural requirements, and communicating/documenting psychological status and care plan.
Identifies patient outcomes by developing criteria for measurement, identifying actual/potential problems, assessing teaching needs, and developing outcome statements and goals.
Formulates the plan of care and establishes priorities necessary to achieve expected outcomes, coordinating cost-effective use of resources, and documenting the plan in collaboration with physicians and other team members.
Implements the plan of care by maintaining patient safety, exercising professional skills, reassessing patients, administering treatments, using equipment correctly, providing emotional support, applying scientific principles, making accurate observations, documenting treatments and conditions, managing emergencies, providing a calm environment, communicating with families, participating in discharge planning, and providing discharge instructions.
Evaluates care provided for patient outcome by measuring effectiveness, performing variance analysis, designing/implementing/evaluating systems for improvement, and maintaining accurate documentation.
Collaborates with other care team members in planning and carrying out treatment regimens, providing direction to other team members, collaborating with physicians, interpreting and implementing treatments, assisting physicians, keeping management informed of patient condition changes, and using clinical judgment in delegating assignments.
Performs grade I-IV Decubitus Care, including preventive skin care, applying dressings with aseptic technique, applying compresses, performing irrigations, and performing other skin care procedures.
Administers medications correctly and safely by identifying medication details, meeting medication administration standards, demonstrating preparation of solutions and IV drips, administering and documenting medications correctly, administering IVP medication per policy, and educating patients on drug and food interactions.
Participates in patient and family education by explaining conditions, communicating assessment data, recognizing teaching opportunities, providing discharge planning and referrals, and evaluating teaching effectiveness.
Performs related duties, as required.