TravelNurseSource is working with Cynet Health to find a qualified PCU RN in Goldsboro, North Carolina, 27534!
Job Title: Registered Nurse
Profession: Nursing
Specialty: Progressive Care Unit
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: 4x12 Nights
Hours per Shift: 12
Experience: Minimum of one (1) year of nursing experience
License: Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina
Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification (AHA or ARC)
Must-Have:
- Clinical nursing care
- Nursing process
- Patient assessment
- Patient education
- Point of care testing
- Care of patients with complex problems
- Discharge planning
- Plan of care
Description:
Provides competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards.
Reports to the Nurse Manager/Director and is accountable for coordinating and delivering patient care utilizing the nursing process in a hospital setting.
Participates in identifying and meeting learning needs of self.
Attends education programs based on identified learning needs.
With assistance, uses patient education materials relevant to patient population.
Assesses readiness to learn of the patient/family/caregivers.
Assesses developmental level of patient and factors affecting ability to learn.
Identifies expected patient outcomes.
Seeks guidance as needed in the revision of the plan of care.
Participates in discussion with members of the interdisciplinary team in the evaluation of patient care.
Communicates relevant information to promote continuity of care.
Demonstrates competence in the care of patients with complex problems, including population-appropriate physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety aspects of care.
Performs bedside point of care testing as required for patient care plan.
Utilizes standards, policies, and procedures in the delivery of care.
Organizes and prioritizes care according to patient/family needs.
Consults with appropriate resources in a timely fashion regarding patients with complex care issues, unusual teaching needs, and/or those at high risk for discharge planning.
With assistance, develops goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations.
Achieves goals and objectives within identified time frame or renegotiates with supervisor.
Is knowledgeable about activities that facilitate intra/interdepartmental collaboration.
Participates in the development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities.
Effectively uses communication systems.
Participates in promoting cost-effective care.
Gives feedback to co-workers.
Is aware of public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting the health care environment.
Promotes a safe, clean, and secure hospital environment for all.
Recognizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care.
Includes appropriate physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs.
Synthesizes assessment data into a meaningful whole prior to communication to others.
Assesses and anticipates discharge needs of individual patients and families.
Develops relationships with families that promote their ability to advocate for the patient and their own needs.
Collaborates with patient/family to prepare or update the plan of care.
Makes use of available multidisciplinary resources in planning care.
Begins to use a full range of communication as a means to convey planning.
Identifies and addresses cultural and ethnic issues in planning patient care.
Demonstrates the ability to prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.
Reads journals that contain studies or articles that may be applicable to practice.
Brings ideas and questions to the staff for assessment of applicability.