TravelNurseSource is working with Cynet Health to find a qualified Labor/Delivery RN in Fairfield, California, 94533!
Job Title: Clinical Nurse (RN)
Profession: Registered Nurse
Specialty: Labor and Delivery
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: Night Shift
Hours per Shift: 36
Experience: Minimum three years of acute care experience required.
License: CA RN License
Certifications: AHA BLS, ACLS
Must-Have: Graduate from an accredited school of professional registered nursing.
Description:
The Clinical Nurse (RN) is responsible for delivering safe, effective, quality nursing care according to the goals and objectives of the Department of Nursing.
The RN utilizes Jean Watson's Theory of Caring and Relationship Based Care to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care for all assigned patients.
The RN monitors the progress of patients toward established goals and utilizes therapeutic relationships to promote, maintain, and restore health.
Care is provided according to the physiological, developmental, and psychosocial needs of the patient.
The RN supports the organization's mission, vision, and values through excellence in practice.
Competence is demonstrated by the ability to apply scientific knowledge from various disciplines in the nursing process.
Care is consistent with the interdisciplinary plan and is grounded in Relationship Based Care principles.
The RN continually assesses the physical and psychosocial conditions of patients and formulates nursing diagnoses based on observations and information from patients and the health team.
Collaboration with patients to formulate a care plan ensures safety, comfort, hygiene, and disease prevention.
The RN performs essential nursing skills, explains health treatments to patients and families, and teaches them how to care for health needs.
The effectiveness of the care plan is evaluated through observation and communication with patients and the health team, with modifications made as needed.
A current working knowledge and safe use of equipment, instrumentation, and medications are essential.
The RN delegates tasks to care team members based on legal scopes of practice and effectively supervises the nursing care provided.
The RN advocates for patients, initiating actions to improve healthcare or change decisions that do not align with patient interests.
Culturally competent, age-appropriate, ethical care is provided within legal standards of practice.
Coordination of patient care activities with nurses, physicians, and allied health professionals is a key responsibility.
The RN utilizes effective communication skills to facilitate safe patient handoffs and documents nursing care per hospital policies.
Manual and automated information systems are utilized to improve efficiency and productivity.
The RN is accountable for meeting unit and organizational goals related to patient satisfaction.
Positive patient care experiences are contributed to through individual interactions with patients and families.
The RN assists in the resolution of complaints with the goal of immediate resolution and investigates complaints while providing information to management.
Other duties may be assigned as needed.