Temp - Registered Nurse (RN) - Corrections (Nights) Dallas, TX

Title:

Temp - Registered Nurse (RN) - Corrections (Nights) Dallas, TX

Description:

Candidates living within 60 miles of the facility will have a local rate of ***

Correctional Health has a high volume of behavioral
health patients, de-escalation and psych experience is a plus!

The RN is a licensed professional who uses the
Parkland nursing professional practice model to coordinate patient care delivery by the health care team. Using the nursing process, the RN assesses the patient, identifies nursing diagnoses
based on responses to health problems, develops and implements an individualized plan of care, and evaluates the patient's response. The RN utilizes knowledge of patient needs and the healthcare
environment to assist patients to transition through the healthcare
encounter without any preventable complications or delays. The RN delegates
interventions to health care personnel based on the Texas Nursing
Practice Act, each patient's condition and the competencies of the employee.

Skills or Special Abilities

• Provides care to assigned
  patient population in accordance with the current
  State of Texas Nursing Practice Act,
  established protocols, multidisciplinary plan of care, and
  clinical area specific standards.
• Provides continuous
  assessment, consults with other team members
  as required and provides nursing
  care which demonstrates patient centered/patient valued care. Exercises independent judgment in providing nursing care.
• Must be able to demonstrate
  effective interpersonal skills and possess
  basic computer literacy and written communication skills.
• Must be able to
  communicate effectively with patients.
• As applicable, will be required to demonstrate acceptable
  knowledge of nursing standards of care for specialty care area.

Correctional
Health towers for the adult incarcerated population:

• Performing medication passes
• Assessment of health care requests
• Withdrawal assessments (COWS & CIWAs)
• Insulin administration
• Wound care
• Clinic visits
• Rounding
• ECGs