Job Title: RN - Telemetry
Location: Alexandria, Louisiana 71301
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift/Schedule: 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM, Days; Every other weekend; No call
Job Summary:
The competent Nurse, in the same or similar clinical setting, practices independently and demonstrates an awareness of all relevant aspects of a situation. Provides routine and complex care, with the ability to on long-range goals or plans. 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.
Job Responsibilities:
- Meets expectations of the applicable Client Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
- Consistent with the ANA Product 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 patient 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.
- Assess learning needs and provides education to patients, family members and/or care givers; identify issues and resources.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Candidate must be willing to float.
- Type of patients on the unit: Cardiac and Telemetry.
- Unit is not a Stepdown unit.
- Nurse/Patient Ratio: 5:1-6:1 depending on staffing.
- EMR: EPIC.
- Dress Code: Ceil blue scrubs.
Education:
Preferred Education:
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing.
Licensure & Certifications:
Required:
- BLS certification via AHA.
- ACLS certification via AHA.
- RN License in state of employment or compact.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 1 year of experience in the related nursing specialty preferred.
- All newly hired experienced RNs must attend New Nurses Orientation within the first 30 days of hire.
- New hires are precepted by a designated trained staff member and initial on-boarding requirements are validated through successful completion of the designated organizational entry competency validation and a MedSurg specific competency validation.
- All newly licensed RNs may participate in a residency program or other specific orientation. Skills completion and competency completion will be achieved with the preceptor at the bedside and documented through the programs tracking software.
- Completion of all annual competency verification requirements.