Travel Nurse RN - Telemetry - $2,068 per week in New York City, NY

Job Title: Registered Nurse Profession: RN Specialty: Telemetry Duration: 13 weeks Shift: 7am - 7:30pm, Every Other Week Days Hours per Shift: 12.5 hours Experience: Minimum 2 years of RN experience, 2 years Telemetry and Med-Surg experience, 1 year travel experience for travel positions. License: Current RN License Certifications: BLS, ACLS Must-Have: Telemetry experience Description: Registered Professional Nurse who provides safe, competent, quality care based on nursing theory and research to a designated group of patients and significant others.

Job Title: Registered Nurse Profession: RN Specialty: Telemetry Duration: 13 weeks Shift: 7am - 7:30pm, Every Other Week Days Hours per Shift: 12.5 hours Experience: Minimum 2 years of RN experience, 2 years Telemetry and Med-Surg experience, 1 year travel experience for travel positions. License: Current RN License Certifications: BLS, ACLS Must-Have: Telemetry experience Description: Registered Professional Nurse who provides safe, competent, quality care based on nursing theory and research to a designated group of patients and significant others. Delivers patient care by incorporating the tenets of the professional practice model of Relationship Centered Care and through the application of the nursing process based upon theory, research, evidence-based practice, and approved organizational nursing standards. Assesses and evaluates patient care needs and applies critical thinking skills in patient care management. Integrates relevant assessment and intervention skills in the delivery of nursing care. Collaborates with the interdisciplinary healthcare team in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the plan of care. Prioritizes all aspects of patient care including teaching, rounding, coaching, and planning after hospital care and delegating to others as appropriate. Educates patients and caregivers while anticipating needs and readiness to learn about their plan of care, transition of care, promotion of health, and prevention of disease. Communicates effectively and professionally with patients, family, and all members of the interdisciplinary patient care team. Manages assignments within the Care Delivery Model of Modified Primary Nursing and demonstrates effective allocation of material resources. Role models the tenets of Relationship Centered Care through facilitation of patient-centered actions, including effective communication and rounding. Considers patients' values, preferences, cultural diversity, expressed needs, and knowledge in all aspects of care. Establishes and maintains a therapeutic relationship with patients and families. Uses evidence-based practices to understand patients’ perceptions of care. Initiates service recovery for patients and family members who have concerns and escalates issues as needed. Demonstrates caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and active listening. Practices safe and efficient patient-centered care, identifying and escalating barriers and opportunities for improvement. Demonstrates clinical skills and knowledge crucial to quality and safety in the patient population served. Implements process improvement strategies based on institutional, evidence-based practices. Engages in peer and institutional review processes. Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to create and implement quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, and nursing research studies. Contributes to quality and safety practices and required compliance measures. Implements principles of high reliability to identify and avoid high-risk behaviors to ensure patient safety. Escalates potential safety hazards or gaps from best practice following the institutional chain of command protocol. Documents nursing practice accurately and thoroughly in compliance with requirements and standards of care. Facilitates patient throughput on a shift basis. Contributes to the environment of care to support clinical colleagues, patients, and their families. Advances clinical competence in nursing practice to progress from novice to expert. Projects a professional image to colleagues and communicates in a caring, respectful, compassionate, and empathetic manner. Incorporates ethical principles into decision-making for patients and families. Encourages a spirit of scholarship, inquiry, lifelong learning, and innovation for self and others. Acquires knowledge and skills relative to the role, patient population, and clinical specialty. Participates in shared decision-making through specialty practice councils, nursing department committees, and unit initiatives.