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

Northwell Health • Poughkeepsie, NY

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a 13-week assignment for a Registered Nurse specializing in Postpartum care. The role involves performing an age-specific plan of care for a designated group of patients using the nursing process. The nurse will collaborate with physicians and other health team members to coordinate procedures and treatments, utilizing leadership skills and clinical judgment to manage patient care and delegate tasks within the team.

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.
• NRP required.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assesses the patient’s physiologic health status, including gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, and neurological systems, as well as mobility, sensory deficits, prostheses use, and skin condition. Determines level of pain and pain management, and communicates/documents this information.
• Assesses the patient’s psychosocial health status, including perception of care, coping mechanisms, knowledge level, cultural/ethnic requirements, and documents psychological status and care plan.
• Identifies patient outcomes by developing criteria for measurement, identifying actual/potential patient problems, assessing teaching needs, and developing outcome statements and individualized patient goals.
• Formulates the plan of care and establishes priorities to achieve expected outcomes, coordinating cost-effective use of resources and documenting the plan in collaboration with physicians and other health team members.
• Implements the plan of care by maintaining vigilance over patient safety, exercising professional skills, reassessing patients, administering treatments, correctly using equipment, providing emotional support, applying scientific principles safely and efficiently, making accurate observations, documenting treatments and patient responses, acting rapidly in emergencies, providing a calm atmosphere, communicating effectively with families, participating in discharge planning, and providing discharge instructions.
• Evaluates care provided for patient outcomes 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, provides direction to the care team, accurately interprets and implements physician orders, assists physicians during procedures, keeps management/physicians informed of patient condition changes, and uses clinical judgment in delegating assignments.
• Performs grade I-IV Decubitus Care, including preventive skin care measures, applying dressings with aseptic technique, applying warm & cold compresses, performing irrigations, and other necessary skin care procedures.
• Administers medications correctly and safely by identifying medication action, dosage, side effects, meeting medication administration standards, demonstrating preparation of local solutions and IV drips, administering and documenting medications correctly, and educating patients on drug and food interactions.
• Participates in patient and family education by explaining conditions, communicating assessment data, recognizing and utilizing teaching opportunities, providing early discharge planning and referrals, and evaluating teaching effectiveness.
• Performs related duties as required.

Benefits

• The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree