Travel Nurse RN - Operating Room - $2,266 per week in Lake Charles, LA

Job Title: Registered Nurse Profession: Nursing Specialty: Surgery Duration: 13 weeks Shift: Days Hours per Shift: 6:30 AM - 3:00 PM Experience: Minimum of 1 year in the related nursing specialty preferred License: RN License in state of employment or compact Certifications: BLS certification via AHA required Must-Have: ACLS certification via AHA required Must-Have: PALS certification via AHA required Description: The competent nurse practices independently and demonstrates an awareness of all relevant aspects of a situation. Addresses increasingly complex psychological, emotional, cultural, and social needs of patients and families in accordance with their level of practice.

Job Title: Registered Nurse Profession: Nursing Specialty: Surgery Duration: 13 weeks Shift: Days Hours per Shift: 6:30 AM - 3:00 PM Experience: Minimum of 1 year in the related nursing specialty preferred License: RN License in state of employment or compact Certifications: BLS certification via AHA required Must-Have: ACLS certification via AHA required Must-Have: PALS certification via AHA required Description: The competent nurse practices independently and demonstrates an awareness of all relevant aspects of a situation. Provides routine and complex care, with the ability to plan long-range goals. Continues to develop the ability to cope with and manage contingencies of clinical nursing. Makes appropriate assignments and delegates to other care providers as a means to help manage the clinical situation. Meets expectations of applicable competencies. Consistent with the scope and standards of practice, provides nursing care utilizing the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation for assigned patients. Addresses increasingly complex psychological, emotional, cultural, and social needs of patients and families in accordance with their level of practice. Using the appropriate protocol, administers medications and treatments; monitors for side effects and effectiveness of the treatment prescribed. Documents patient history, symptoms, medication, and care given. Assesses learning needs and provides education to patients, family members, and/or caregivers; identifies issues and resources.