Travel Nurse RN - Labor & Delivery - $2,325 per week in Louisville, KY

Job Title: Registered Nurse Profession: Nursing Specialty: Labor and Delivery Duration: 13 weeks Shift: First Shift Hours per Shift: 12 Experience: No experience required License: Active, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license in the applicable state Certifications: BLS Must-Have: - Accepts responsibility for words, actions, attitude, and results while meeting deadlines and performance expectations. - Warmly, personally, and professionally greets all internal and external customers, promoting a high level of satisfaction by providing information about what to expect, actively listening, and intentionally following up on questions and concerns, including taking corrective action when necessary.

Job Title: Registered Nurse Profession: Nursing Specialty: Labor and Delivery Duration: 13 weeks Shift: First Shift Hours per Shift: 12 Experience: No experience required License: Active, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license in the applicable state 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 listening, and intentionally following 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 and 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 creating a caring environment centered on healing and wellness. Nursing practices are based on evidence, current research, hospital policies, regulatory standards, and professional guidelines. Clinical decision-making incorporates all four phases of the nursing process, clinical thinking, and creativity. Nursing excellence is promoted through helping relationships among nursing staff and across other disciplines. Responsibilities include coordinating, ensuring, and providing direct patient care activities. This encompasses provision of nursing rounds, assessments, treatments, and patient education. Engagement in individualized treatment planning is also important. The RN performs and documents comprehensive assessments according to their scope of practice. Consideration of the patient's culture, age, and developmental level is essential. Identifying patient risk factors and presenting complaints is a key responsibility. The RN collects objective and subjective data to inform patient care. Development of a problem list and prioritizing patient needs is conducted with the inter-professional team. Actions and interventions are designed relevant to the patient's culture and age. Determining desired outcomes in coordination with the patient and family is necessary. Full implementation of patient care therapies and procedures is expected. Explaining procedures, treatments, and processes to patients and families is required. Initiating actions to alleviate patient stress and discomfort is a crucial aspect of the role. Recognition and communication of changes in patient condition are imperative. Ongoing assessments and responses to procedures are conducted according to established standards. The RN delegates tasks appropriately and oversees team members' performance of patient care. Monitoring the accuracy and completeness of delegated patient care is required. Identifying and addressing educational needs of patients is part of the responsibilities. Facilitating the patient discharge process is important to ensure timely execution of discharge orders. The RN provides input into nurse assignments considering staffing and patient acuity. Active participation in unit-based activities to support organizational values is essential. Promoting a positive group dynamic and healing environment through words and actions is necessary. Assurance of nursing excellence according to accepted standards and evidence-based practice is expected. Participation in quality improvement activities is critical in areas such as patient satisfaction and safety. A holistic perspective regarding patient care is fundamental.