Travel ICU Registered Nurse Job Hattiesburg area,Mississippi USA,Nursing

Position: Travel ICU Registered Nurse - $2,245 per week

Certification Details

Basic Life Support (BLS)
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
NIH Stroke Scale

Job Details

The RN performs under the direct supervision of the Patient Care Coordinator and is delegated an assignment by the coordinator to achieve quality patient care.
The RN Staff Nurse shall implement the nursing process in an organized, systematic manner to include assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation in collaboration with the Patient Care Coordinator as evidenced by documentation in Patient Care Record, direct observation by Nurse Manager and patient evaluations of care.
The RN is responsible to the Patient Care Coordinator for patient care and ultimately accountable to the Patient Care Manager.
Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served; also demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development and possesses the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age specific needs, and to provide the care needed.
Demonstrates thorough, concise and timely documentation, shift reports and verbal communication.
Communicate pertinent patient information to all health care team members.
Demonstrates the ability to assist in the coordination of services with the medical staff, nursing staff, and other departments as well as other providers.
Responds rapidly and effective during emergency situations.
Maintains own clinical skills staying current in skills, ongoing competencies, equipment, and certifications required in specific nursing area.
Demonstrates ability to perform all technical skills required for the unit’s population by rendering professional nursing care including administering medications, starting IVs, insertion and maintenance of foleys, venipuncture, blood products administration, restraint application, sterile dressing, maintenance of all lines, (i.e. intracranial, central, arterial, peripheral ) and ventilated patients, and tracheostomies.
Demonstrate the technical aptitude for working and troubleshooting equipment used including but not limited to traction, wound vacuum systems, monitoring devices, unit dialysis equipment.
Implements a systematic and comprehensive plan of care to provide individualized care and educates patient and family about diagnosis, treatments, or prescribed medical regimen and medications in accordance with patient and family readiness and ability to learn.
Demonstrates critical thinking skills and uses professional judgement to respond promptly with intervention when clinical changes occur, and prevention of complications in patients in need of cardiac monitoring, stroke care, medical-surgical and trauma care.
Communicates effectively with others in an appropriate and timely manner.
Adheres to and promotes the established values of the organization, i.e. customer service, safety, infection, control, and compliance standards.
Consistently follows patient care and FGH policy, procedures, and standards of care in performing nursing duties.
Provides for exceptional patient and co-worker experiences by following our standards of practice of always using positive language.

Job Requirements

Two years of nursing experience required.
Graduate of a recognized and accredited Registered Nurse program required.
Licensed RN able to practice in the State of Mississippi required.

Unit Specific Information

ICU unit


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