RN - General - Locum

RN – General – Locum

Lancaster, OH

The Community – Lancaster, OH Within driving distance of Columbus/Reynoldsburg is Lancaster, OH, With an eclectic beer and wine scene, 12 museums, outdoor adventures, and 17 covered bridges (the most in Ohio), there's a great mix of adventure along with small-town charm.

Client Lancaster – Fairfield County Southeast Correctional Complex Southeastern Correctional Complex is comprised of the main compound located in Lancaster Ohio called Lancaster Unit, and an annex called Hocking Unit that is about 30 miles from the main compound. Hocking Unit houses approximately 450 inmates and Southeastern Correctional Institution houses around 2,081 inmates of minimum/medium custody. Inmates are held in open dormitories.

This facility participates in the correctional industries program allowing inmates to work in health tech cleaning supplies. Additionally, inmates are offered adult basic education and can earn a GED during their incarceration. Southeastern Correctional Complex offers vocational programs in electrical wiring, building maintenance, farming, custodial work, plumbing, HVAC, recovery operations, and welding. Religious worship services are made available through the Chaplain's office.

Other programs at this facility include the Harvest program which is a substance abuse treatment and recovery program, and the Intensive Program Prison which is voluntary and not available to all inmates and teaches work skills, education, and programs. Eligibility for the Intensive Program Prison is determined during reception and allows the inmate to complete 90 days of incarceration and then places them on post release supervision.

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• Provides professional nursing care to students hospitalized in student health services unit, or to inmates, juvenile offenders, or consumers housed in state-owned/operated facility/institution &/or staff, observes, assesses & records symptoms, reactions & progress of infirmary patients &/or clinic out-patients, makes nursing rounds, takes & records vitals, prepares & administers prescribed medications & ordered treatment plans &/or immunizations, monitors restrained (e.g., lock-ups, detention, isolated) patients on timely basis (i.e., every 15 minutes) & provide s immediate medical attention to emergencies (e.g., administers first aid;

arranges transportation to hospital emergency room; contacts staff physician when necessary; counsels patient regarding need for medical referrals) & if assigned, also schedules, assigns & reviews work (i.e., has authority to either approve/disapprove leave requests or to complete performance evaluations, but such is not mandatory to be performed) of lower-level staff (e.g., RNs, LPNs), participates in staff development & education, reviews care plans written by staff & trains & orients new employees;

OR In corrections medical center, is responsible for all health care of 20-60 bedridden inmates (i.e., makes rounds, evaluates care needed & rendered; does care plans & teaches health care principles; administers medication including narcotics; renders all direct nursing care as needed) & performs specialized procedures (i.e., iv therapy, chemotherapy, wound care, oxygen therapy, dialysis, blood transfusion, incubation & CPR, tube feeding, catheterization, suctioning & phlebotomy duties).

• Organizes & oversees 'code blue' team; directs health care staff (e.g., hospital aides & licensed practical nurses) assigned to area; acts as lead worker in charge of one assigned shift in absence of nurse 2 employee' assists physician in giving diagnostic health evaluations to students.

• Performs clerical tasks (e.g., charts & records all medications, treatments & pertinent medical information; completes required reports such as incident & accident reports; documents Medicaid information; orders supplies & equipment; maintains constant & exact inventory of all controlled drugs, medication & equipment); arranges for out-patient clinic appointments; arranges for medical examinations to be done by school physician; arranges for new & refilled…