Registered Nurse

Job Title:

Registered Nurse

Location:

Gardner, MA 01440

Duration: 13 Weeks + Extension

• Assesses (and reassesses), plans, implements, and evaluates nursing interventions/plans of care/patient goals.
• Provides patient care based on standards of care, standards of practice, protocols, and established policies and procedures.
• Respects each patient as an individual; provides care that fosters the patient’s sense of dignity and positive self-regard.
• Provides patient/family teaching based on identified learning needs, readiness to learn, and barriers to learning.
• Collaboratively plans and prepares patient/family for discharge incorporating support systems/resources as necessary.
• Appropriately delegates and supervises nursing interventions performed by others.
• Appropriately prioritizes patient care (e.g. seeks assistance as needed from appropriate resources, reassigns personnel as necessary, recognizes need for emergency intervention, etc.).
• Provides thorough, timely, and accurate documentation of all pertinent data, therapeutic interventions and patient responses according to established standards.
• Provides timely and thorough report on assigned patients to other health care team members to ensure integration of services and continuity of patient care.
• Promotes learning for colleagues and self (e.g. functions as preceptor, instructor, trainer, attends professional development programs, etc.).
• Proactively identifies risk to patient safety and identifies opportunities to reduce medical/health care errors (i.e. appropriate reporting of errors/incidents).
• Identifies ethical issues in care and develops plan to address.
• Safely administers medications and intravenous therapy in accordance with physician’s orders, protocols, policies and procedures.
• Assesses patient pain level upon admission and as necessary, depending upon diagnosis utilizing the numerical pain scale.
• Reassesses effectiveness of pain control and notifies physicians as needed, as well as documents assessment and patients’ response to medication.
• Responsible for obtaining supporting information and completing required documentation related to medication reconciliation for use by the attending provider.
• Interprets and documents patient cardiac rate, rhythm and configuration (PR ST segment) and initiates appropriate treatment plan based on provider orders.
• Provides ongoing assessment and teaching to the surgical patient/family, utilizing current standards and protocols.
• Recognizes normal and deviant progress patterns and reports problems or concerns to physician in a timely manner.
• Utilizes pain management devices and other techniques to ensure proper pain relief.
• Sets up, maintains and troubleshoots other equipment related to the surgical patient such as traction/orthopedic equipment/devices, feeding pumps, chest tubes and drains, etc.

• Current MA RN license
• ACLS upon hire OR must hold an active BLS card and obtain AHA ACLS within 60 days of hire
• PALS preferred