TravelNurseSource is working with Cynet Health to find a qualified Ambulatory Care RN in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, 42701!
Job Title: Registered Nurse
Profession: Nursing
Specialty: Outpatient Oncology
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: First Shift - Monday to Friday
Hours per Shift: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Experience: No experience required
License: Active, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license
Certifications: BLS
Must-Have:
Accepts responsibility for words, actions, attitude, and results while meeting deadlines and performance expectations.
Practices effective, clear, and respectful communications (both verbal and written) and demonstrates attentiveness through active listening and engaged body language.
Collaborates, respects, and cooperates with all co-workers, valuing differences and addressing concerns directly while actively contributing to the vision and results of the team.
Warmly, personally, and professionally greets all internal and external customers, promoting a high level of satisfaction by providing information about what to expect.
Actively listens and intentionally follows up on questions and concerns, including taking corrective action when necessary.
Shows an understanding and knowledge of computer systems and applications and/or ability to be trained.
Ability to communicate/collaborate with other care team members.
Ability to assess age-specific patient safety issues and implement appropriate safety devices for all patients.
Description:
The Registered Nurse implements professional nursing practice centered on the patient as a whole person.
The focus is on the creation of a caring environment centered on healing and wellness.
Nursing practices are based on evidence and current research, as well as hospital policies and procedures.
Clinical decision-making incorporates all four phases of the nursing process, critical thinking, and creativity.
Nursing excellence is promoted through helping relationships among nursing staff and across other disciplines.
Coordinates, ensures, and provides direct patient care activities through several key functions.
Conducts nursing rounds, assessments, and treatments as necessary.
Facilitates admission, transfer, and discharge activities.
Provides patient- and family-centered education.
Engages in care coordination and individualized treatment planning as applicable.
Performs and documents a comprehensive assessment in accordance with RN scope of practice and hospital policies/procedures.
Considers the patient’s culture, age, and developmental level during assessments.
Identifies patient risk factors and presenting complaints effectively.
Obtains relevant health information from family or others as necessary.
Collects objective and subjective data through various methods.
Verifies initial assessments if obtained by other members of the healthcare team.
Develops a problem list, prioritizing patient needs based on input from the inter-professional team as appropriate.
Designs actions and interventions relevant to the patient’s culture and age.
Determines desired outcomes in coordination with the patient and family, aligned with the medical plan of care.
Fully implements care therapies and procedures with empowerment and clinical autonomy.
Explains procedures, treatments, and processes clearly to patients and families.
Initiates actions to alleviate patient stress and discomfort.
Recognizes, responds to, and communicates changes in patient condition appropriately.
Conducts ongoing assessments and documents responses to procedures and therapies according to hospital policy.
Delegates tasks appropriately and oversees team members in patient care activities.
Monitors the accuracy and completeness of delegated care provided by other team members.
Identifies and addresses educational needs of patients related to prioritized problems.
Facilitates the patient discharge process by executing discharge orders in a timely manner.
Assures performance of discharge teaching and coordinates with case management as needed.
Provides input into patient/nurse assignments based on staffing, unit activity, and patient acuity.
Demonstrates active participation in unit-based activities in support of organizational values and priorities.
Promotes a positive group dynamic and healing environment through words and actions.
Assures nursing excellence in accordance with accepted standards and evidence-based practice.
Actively participates in quality improvement activities and core measures.
Uses a holistic perspective regarding patient care at all times.