Travel Registered Nurse; RN), MedSurg​/Telemetry – FlexStaff

Responsibilities

• Assess the patient’s physiologic health status
  • Conduct patient interview and explain policies
  • Review patient chart and respond to questions courteously
  • Assess gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, respiratory, renal and neurological health status
  • Determine mobility, sensory deficits, prostheses use and skin condition and adjust plan of care as appropriate
  • Assess level of pain and manage pain
  • Communicate and document patient’s physiologic health status and plan of care
• Assess patient’s psychosocial health status
  • Elicit perception of care and expectations of care
  • Determine coping mechanism, knowledge level, and ability to comprehend
  • Identify cultural/ethnic requirements to reduce anxiety and ensure patient satisfaction
  • Communicate and document psychological status and care plan
  • Support group, counseling services, social services
• Identify patient outcome
  • Develop criteria for measurement of patient outcomes
  • Identify actual/potential patient problems
  • Identify patient’s need for teaching based on psychosocial and developmental assessment
  • Develop patient outcome statement(s) and establish individualized patient goals
• Formulate the plan of care and establish priorities necessary to achieve expected outcome
  • Identify care activities and establish priorities necessary to achieve expected outcome
  • Coordinate cost‑effective use of supplies, equipment and medication to achieve expected outcome
  • Document plan of care and collaborate with physicians and other health team members
• Implement the plan of care
  • Maintain constant vigilance over patient care to ensure safety precautions are followed
  • Exercise professional skills related to the plan of care
  • Reassess patients as needed and appropriately revise plan of care
  • Correctly administer prescribed treatments
  • Use equipment necessary for patient care appropriately
  • Provide emotional support to patient and significant other
  • Apply scientific principles in performing procedures safely and efficiently
  • Make accurate observations of patient’s conditions during treatments/procedures and document accordingly
  • Keep accurate documentation of treatments, activity and condition
  • Use appropriate methods of documentation according to departmental policy
  • Act rapidly and effectively during any emergency
  • Provide a calm, quiet, restful atmosphere and communicate effectively with patient’s family or caretakers
  • Participate in planning for discharge and coordinate referrals as appropriate
  • Provide discharge instructions to patient and significant other
• Evaluate care provided for patient outcome
  • Demonstrate ability to measure effectiveness of care provided and document results
  • Perform variance analysis related to outcome data for performance improvement
  • Design, implement and evaluate systems to improve care in the unit
  • Use appropriate methods of documentation according to departmental policy
• Collaborate with other care team members and provide direction
  • Collaborate with appropriate physician on patient’s plan of care
  • Interpret and implement treatment regimen as prescribed by the physician
  • Assist physician during treatments and/or diagnostic procedures
  • Keep the patient care manager/physician informed of changes in patient condition or treatments
  • Delegate assignments to support staff and ensure timely completion
• Perform grade I‑IV decubitus care
  • Preventive skin care measures
  • Apply simple dressings, maintaining aseptic technique
  • Apply warm & cold compresses, consistent with facility procedure
  • Perform irrigations consistent with facility procedure
  • Perform other procedures related to skin care as necessary
• Administer medications correctly and safely
  • Correctly identify medication action, dosage, side effects and implications for the patient
  • Meet standard on medication administration examination
  • Prepare local solutions and IV drips
  • Administer and document medication correctly
  • Administer IVP medication per department policy and procedure
  • Educate patients and significant others about drug and food interactions
• Participate in patient and family education
  • Provide the patient with an explanation of his/her condition as indicated
  • Communicate assessment data in an orderly fashion and update and verbalize pertinent information to care team members and…