Travel Nurse RN - Medical-Surgical - $2,308 per week in Urbana, IL

Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN) Profession: Nursing Specialty: Medical/Surgical Duration: 14 weeks Shift: Night Hours per Shift: 12 hours (7:00 PM - 7:30 AM) Experience: Minimum one (1) year of relevant nursing experience License: Registered Nurse License in good standing Certifications: BLS (American Heart Association) Must-Have: NURSING PROCESS, PATIENT ASSESSMENT, CARE PLAN DEVELOPMENT, NURSING INTERVENTIONS, PATIENT CARE PROCEDURES Description: The staff Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver responsible for a group of patients during a designated time frame. Completes and documents basic RN patient care activities, including assessments, interpretation of vital signs, ensuring physician order completion, admission/discharge of patients, and care plan documentation.

Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN) Profession: Nursing Specialty: Medical/Surgical Duration: 14 weeks Shift: Night Hours per Shift: 12 hours (7:00 PM - 7:30 AM) Experience: Minimum one (1) year of relevant nursing experience License: Registered Nurse License in good standing Certifications: BLS (American Heart Association) Must-Have: NURSING PROCESS, PATIENT ASSESSMENT, CARE PLAN DEVELOPMENT, NURSING INTERVENTIONS, PATIENT CARE PROCEDURES Description: The staff Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver responsible for a group of patients during a designated time frame. Provides care to these patients through the utilization of the nursing process, nursing trends, technology, financial, and human resources within the institution's philosophy. Performs all responsibilities and duties required by the unit specific to the scope of service. Implements procedures and theories related to the specific area of practice. Maintains up-to-date and accurate documentation of nursing care provided to assure the integration of information for use by the healthcare team. Completes initial assessments upon patient admission and develops an appropriate plan of care according to unit standards and based on patient and family needs. Implements plan of care, nursing interventions, and patient care procedures. Modifies the plan of care based upon continuous evaluation. Takes responsibility for patient and employee safety by reporting and/or correcting safety hazards and incidents. Communicates with others directly and privately when necessary to resolve issues. Offers constructive feedback to assist in the professional development of peers and confers with colleagues to expand knowledge base. Identifies personal learning needs and takes initiative to find an appropriate solution. Fulfills all requirements of departmental competencies. Receives patient Bedside Shift Report from another RN at the beginning of each shift. Ensures the inclusion of patient input, visual validation of a safe patient room environment at the time of shift change, and updates the patient communication board found in each patient room. Delegates patient care tasks/responsibilities to assigned healthcare team members and validates completion of delegated tasks throughout the shift. Completes and documents basic RN patient care activities, including assessments, interpretation of vital signs, ensuring physician order completion, admission/discharge of patients, and care plan documentation. Meets documentation standards for each assigned patient. Provides patient medications utilizing the five Rights: Right Patient, Right Medication, Right Route, Right Dose, and Right Time. Maintains patient safety as the highest priority level by ensuring compliance with safety measures such as fall precautions, pressure ulcer prevention, isolation precautions, and patient ambulation safety. Maintains a positive attitude at all times on the unit to promote a healthy work environment and a healing patient environment. Keeps a diligent focus on promptly answering patient call lights to ensure effective triage and completion of patient requests and medical needs. Uses critical thinking to evaluate the overall patient condition and employs nursing judgment to identify and act on changes in patient status. Effectively communicates within the healthcare team to promote interdisciplinary collaboration, effective patient care coordination, and patient safety. Effectively manages time to facilitate the quick admission/discharge process for patients and completes patient testing to move patients quickly toward discharge disposition.