Position: Registered Nurse (RN) - Acute CareLocation: Chariton, IA 50049Shift:
- 3x12-Hours
- 6:00 PM 6:30 AM
- works 5 out of 6 weekends
Duration: 12 Weeks with possible extensionsStart Date: 01/13/2025EMR Used: EPIC
Brief Description of the Job:
- Under limited supervision, provides direct patient care
- Plans, directs, and evaluates total nursing care for Med-Surg patients as directed
- Relates effectively with other shifts for continuity of care; maintains satisfactory relations with other departments
Duties:
- Provides the best possible nursing care by planning, organizing, and directing the nursing functions of patients on the unit, including giving direct patient care
- Is resourceful and calm in emergencies
- Keeps physicians, nurses and other staff informed of patient needs, and problems on the unit as necessary
- Utilizes gathered data in determining priorities for patients' physical, psychological, educational and discharge needs in formulating the plan of care
- Identifies problems and guides personnel to their solution
- Administers medications and intravenous solutions skillfully and correctly
- Maintains the standards of accurate and complete recording and reporting
- Arranges to have needed supplies and equipment on hand
- Carries out nursing interventions safely and accurately utilizing knowledge, judgment and skill to implement physicians' orders and the nursing plan of care
- Evaluates patient/family responses to implementation of the plan of care and modifies plan of care based on these responses
- Prioritizes workload
- Performs documentation in the patient's record accurately, concisely and in a timely manner
- Demonstrates effective communication skills
- Supports and enforces infection control policies and procedures
- Participates in orientation and in-service training for personnel
- Maintains professional patient confidentiality
- Displays concern and initiative
- Observes and supports hospital policies, procedures, and skills
- Is prompt and efficient with minimal absences
- Cooperates and maintains good rapport with nursing staff, medical staff, other departments, patients, and visitors
- Works independently with limited direct supervision using the Nurse Practice Act, LCHC policies, nursing standards and professional judgment
- Works rotating shifts, weekends and holidays as scheduled
- Attend meetings and in-services as required.
- Other duties as assigned.
-Recruiter Details:Anshul Asthana(678) ###-####Medcadre Inc9170 Irvine Center Dr, Irvine, CA - 92618