Job Title: Registered Nurse
Profession: Registered Nurse (RN)
Specialty: Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: Nights
Hours per Shift: 8
Experience: 2 years Critical Care Experience (ICU/ED), 2 years PACU Experience, ICU Critical Care Experience, Previous Travel Experience
License: Minnesota RN License
Certifications: BLS, ACLS, PALS
Must-Have:
- Ability to Interpret Cardiac Rhythms
- Experience with Pediatric and Geriatric Patient Populations
- Trauma Level I Experience
Description:
The Registered Staff Nurse (RN) provides holistic care to patients and families.
The focus is on independent, collaborative, and delegated nursing functions as described in specific standards and competencies.
The RN's scope of practice may include the care of neonates, infants, children, young adults, adults, and older adults throughout the life cycle.
The RN executes the Standards of Nursing Practice, including assessment, nursing diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
The RN develops and revises the patient's plan of care, coordinates care among disciplines, and delegates activities to other care providers as appropriate.
The RN participates in shared accountability and decision-making for nursing practices.
Through active participation in practice and by implementing personal leadership qualities and skills, the RN defines, implements, and improves practice standards.
The RN promotes exemplary patient care.
Variation of duties may result based on the assigned care unit, including differences in specific clinical skills required.
Unit-based skill lists outline expectations beyond the house-wide RN requirements.