TravelNurseSource is working with Cynet Health to find a qualified PCU RN in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514!
Job Title: Clinical Nurse
Profession: RN
Specialty: Progressive Care Unit
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: Nights
Hours per Shift: 36
Experience: One (1) year of nursing experience
License: Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse
Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification (AHA or ARC), ACLS, NIHSS
Must-Have: Charge and Precepting experience
Description:
Provides competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards.
Reporting and accountable to the Nurse Manager/Director, the Clinical Nurse coordinates and delivers patient care utilizing the nursing process.
Participates in identifying and meeting learning needs of self.
Attends education programs based on identified learning needs.
Uses patient education materials relevant to the patient population with assistance.
Assesses readiness to learn of the patient, family, and caregivers.
Assesses the developmental level of the patient and factors affecting the ability to learn.
Identifies expected patient outcomes.
Seeks guidance as needed in the revision of the plan of care.
Participates in discussions 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 physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety aspects of care.
Performs bedside point of care testing as required for the patient care plan.
Utilizes healthcare organization and nursing standards, policies, and procedures in the delivery of care.
Organizes and prioritizes care according to patient and family needs.
Consults with appropriate resources in a timely fashion regarding patients with complex care issues, unusual teaching needs, and those at high risk for discharge planning.
With assistance, develops goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations.
Achieves goals and objectives within the identified time frame or renegotiates with the 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 healthcare 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, education, and safety needs in patient assessment.
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 the patient and 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.