Travel RN Registered Nurse L&D RN $3k+/week– FlexStaff

Northwell • Carmel, NY

7d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a 13-week contract position for a Travel RN Registered Nurse in Labor & Delivery (L&D). 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, utilizing leadership skills and clinical judgment to coordinate patient care and direct the activities of the patient care unit 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.
• ACLS required.
• Intermediate AWHONN required.
• Advance NRP required.
• C-EFM 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 patient outcome statements and goals.
• Formulates the plan of care and establishes priorities, coordinating cost-effective use of resources, and documenting the plan in collaboration with physicians and health team members.
• Implements the plan of care by ensuring patient safety, exercising professional skills, reassessing patients as needed, administering treatments, using equipment correctly, providing emotional support, applying scientific principles, making accurate observations, documenting patient status and responses, managing emergencies, providing a calm atmosphere, 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 documenting accurately.
• Collaborates with other care team members in planning and carrying out treatment regimens, providing direction to team members, accurately interpreting and implementing physician orders, 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, compresses, and irrigations, and performing other related procedures.
• Administers medications correctly and safely by identifying medication action, dosage, side effects, meeting medication administration standards, preparing solutions and IV drips, administering and documenting medications, 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.

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