TravelNurseSource is working with Cynet Health to find a qualified ICU/Critical Care RN in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514!
Job Title: Clinical Nurse
Profession: Registered Nurse
Specialty: Intensive Care Unit
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: Nights
Hours per Shift: 12 hours
Experience: One (1) year of nursing experience
License: Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina
Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification
Must-Have: Nursing Diploma or ADN/ASN from an accredited school of Nursing
Description:
Provides competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards.
Reports and is accountable to the Nurse Manager/Director.
Is responsible for coordinating and delivering patient care utilizing the nursing process in a hospital setting.
Participates in identifying and meeting learning needs of self.
Attends education programs based on identified learning needs.
With assistance, uses patient education materials relevant to the patient population.
Assesses readiness to learn of the patient, family, and caregivers.
Assesses developmental level of patients and factors affecting the ability to learn.
Identifies expected patient outcomes.
Seeks guidance as needed in revision of the plan of care.
Participates in discussions with members of the interdisciplinary team in the evaluation of patient care.
Communicates relevant information to promote continuity of care.
Demonstrates competence in care of patients with complex problems, including physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety aspects of care.
Performs bedside point of care testing as required for the patient care plan.
Utilizes healthcare organization and nursing standards, policies, and procedures in the delivery of care.
Organizes and prioritizes care according to patient and family needs.
Consults with appropriate resources in a timely manner regarding patients with complex care issues.
With assistance, develops goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations.
Achieves goals and objectives within identified time frames or renegotiates with supervisor.
Is knowledgeable about activities that facilitate intra/interdepartmental collaboration.
Participates in development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities.
Effectively utilizes communication systems.
Participates in promoting cost-effective care.
Provides feedback to co-workers.
Is aware of public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting the healthcare environment.
Promotes a safe, clean, and secure hospital environment for all.
Recognizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care.
Includes appropriate physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs in assessments.
Synthesizes assessment data into a meaningful whole prior to communication to others.
Assesses and anticipates discharge needs of individual patients and families.
Develops relationships with families that promote their ability to advocate for the patient and their own needs.
Collaborates with patients and families to prepare or update the plan of care.
Makes use of available multidisciplinary resources in planning care.
Begins to use the full range of communication as a means to convey planning.
Identifies and addresses cultural and ethnic issues in planning patient care.
Demonstrates ability to prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.
Reads journals that contain studies or articles that may be applicable to practice.
Brings ideas and questions to the staff at large for assessment of applicability.