Travel Nurse RN - Endoscopy - $2,587 per week in Elmira, NY

Job Title: Registered Nurse Endoscopy Profession: RN Endoscopy Specialty: RN Endoscopy Duration: 13 Weeks Shift: Day Shift Hours per Shift: 8 Hours Experience: Minimum 2 Years License: Registered Nurse License Certifications: BLS, ACLS Must-Have: Endoscopy Training/Experience Description: The Registered Nurse is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated timeframe. Functions to establish priorities of patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.

Job Title: Registered Nurse Endoscopy Profession: RN Endoscopy Specialty: RN Endoscopy Duration: 13 Weeks Shift: Day Shift Hours per Shift: 8 Hours Experience: Minimum 2 Years License: Registered Nurse License Certifications: BLS, ACLS Must-Have: Endoscopy Training/Experience Description: The Registered Nurse is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated timeframe. The nurse provides care to these patients via therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment/instrumentation, and other health care team members. The Registered Nurse is expected to perform duties according to established standards of care and the core values of nursing. The nurse reports to the assigned Unit Director. Duties and Responsibilities: 1. Performs assessment/data collection in an ongoing and systematic manner, focusing on physiological, psychological, and cognitive status of patients. 2. Analyzes assessment data to determine appropriate nursing diagnoses. 3. Identifies appropriate expected outcomes individualized to the patient. 4. Formulates a goal-directed plan of care, which is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes. 5. Identifies patient and significant other learning needs and implements appropriate measures to meet these. 6. Implements care in a knowledgeable, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner. 7. Performs documentation duties that are timely, accurate, and concise. 8. Evaluates the effectiveness of self, care given by all health care team members, and contributions of systems, environment, and instrumentation in progressing patient toward outcomes. Professional Performance: 9. Functions with an awareness and application of safety issues as identified within the institution. 10. Performs efficiently in emergency patient situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate people, and documenting events. 11. Demonstrates a sound knowledge base and actions in the care and decision making for designated patient populations. 12. Follows all policy and procedure guidelines specific to the nursing division and unit. 13. Consistently incorporates hourly rounding into daily practice. 14. Demonstrates an awareness of self-responsibility and accountability for own professional practices. 15. Demonstrates awareness of legal issues in all aspects of patient care and unit function, striving to manage situations in a reduced risk manner. 16. Demonstrates appropriate knowledge and skills required by the assigned unit. 17. Participates actively in staff development activities for nursing personnel and other departments as appropriate. 18. Formulates and uses effective working relationships with all health care team members, patients, and significant others. 19. Remains flexible in staffing patterns and resolution of staffing conflicts. 20. Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to patient and significant other rights as identified within the institution. 21. Decisions and actions on behalf of patients are determined in an ethical manner. 22. Remains aware of current nursing research and implements findings in nursing practice as applicable. 23. Functions to establish priorities of patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies. Core Values: 24. Accepts accountability for individual practice. 25. Respects and recognizes each patient as a unique individual and provides holistic nursing care. 26. Collaborates with the patient, family, and other health care providers in providing patient care. 27. Demonstrates effective communication methods and skills.