Travel Nurse RN - Neurology

Integrated Healthcare Services is seeking a travel nurse RN Neurology for a travel nursing job in Edison, New Jersey.

• Specialty:
  Neurology
• Discipline:
  RN
• Duration:
  16 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 8 hours, days
• Employment Type:
  
  Travel

Job Specifics:
Neuroscience Ambulatory. Must have at least neuroscience experience.

Skills:

triaging patient calls, medication management, nursing assessment, critical thinking, independent worker. Epilepsy and neurology experience is highly preferred. JFK Neuroscience Institute (Outpatient)

Shift Information: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM OR 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM.5 x 8

HRS. No weekends, No holidays, No Oncall.

The Registered Nurse functions as a caregiver for a specific patient population in order to achieve desired
outcomes. This position focuses on expanding knowledge and skills, provides effective direct care as part
of the interdisciplinary team to a variety of complex patients. This position directs and oversees the care
provided by other caregivers through delegation, validation, evaluation, and coordination. This position
effectively coordinates patient care/unit activities among nursing peers, physicians and support services.

Essential Job Functions:

A Registered Nurse at Hackensack Meridian Health involves the delivery of nursing practices according to
the most up-to-date evidence-based research, nursing policies, and standards of care, to provide and
ensure safe and excellent delivery of individualized patient care. A day in the life of a Registered Nurse
includes:
Assessment, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation
Assessment
1. Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health or the situation.
2. Performs age and disease specific assessment / data collection independently in a systematic manner
focusing on physiologic, psychological and cognitive status.
3. Recognizes clinical and diagnostic status changes in patient status.
4. Identifies variables in patient/family education needs based on age, disease, and culturally specific
learning differences.
Plan
1. Develops a plan of care that prescribes strategies and interventions to attain expected outcomes.
2. Formulates age and disease specific patient / family centered goals / outcomes based on assessment
data.
3. Develops and coordinates a plan of care which is patient / family focused, prioritized and encompasses
the continuum of care.
Implementation
1. Communicates, coordinates, and implements the plan of care.
2. Provides ongoing communication with patient / family, nursing colleagues and other members of the
health care team regarding patient's status, rendered care and treatment plans.
3. Implements age and disease specific care in an organized and timely manner.
4. Provides or coordinates the patient / family education as needed and ensures understanding.
5. Performs according to established protocols in clinical situations, including communicating with
appropriate persons and documenting events.
6. Provides nursing care and treatments that reflect the patients' needs, advocates appropriately and
demonstrates evidence-based nursing practice and compliance with standards.
7. Performs continuous Point-of-Care electronic documentation of each individual patient's assessments,
plan-of-care, interventions and evaluation of rendered care.
8. Medication administration utilizing the newest advancements in bar-scanning and documentation
technologies designed to ensure the safest delivery of medications to our patients.
9. Multi-disciplinary discharging of patients to ensure safe transitioning and continuum of care.
Evaluation
1. Evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes.
2. Utilizes critical thinking skills based on nursing knowledge to achieve desired patient outcomes.
3. Initiates interventions related to patient's change in condition and unexpected response to care.
Additional Responsibilities:
1. Identifies ethical issues in the practice setting and brings them to the attention of other team members.
2. Recognizes and responds to opportunities to enhance patient satisfaction.
3. Must acquire and maintain competencies, certifications and continuing education in order to meet any
facility accreditation or individual licensing requirements.
4. Adheres to American Nurses Association Code for Nurses with Interpretive Statements.
5. Lifts a minimum of 35 lbs., pushes and pulls a minimum of 10 lbs. and stands a minimum of 6 hours a
day.
6. Adheres to HMH's Organizational and Managerial competencies and standards of behavior.
7. Other duties and/or projects as assigned.

The ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing patient needs, a strong sense of accountability for
improving the lives of our patients and their caregivers, an exceptional focus on teamwork, dedication to
ongoing education and the ability and passion to deliver the highest quality of care based on a strong
sense of patient focus are all required.

1. BSN in progress and/or willing to acquire within three (3) years of hire. (Note this applies to team
members hired on or after November…