Travel Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical - $1,928 per week in Mar-Mac, NC

Certification Details • BLS • North Carolina RN License Job Details • Provides competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards. • Responsible for coordinating and delivering patient care utilizing the nursing process in a hospital setting. • Participates in identifying and meeting learning needs of self and attends education programs based on identified learning needs. • Uses patient education materials relevant to patient population with assistance. • Assesses readiness to learn of the patient/family/caregivers and developmental level of patient and factors affecting ability to learn. • Identifies expected patient outcomes and participates in evaluation of patient care with interdisciplinary team. • Communicates relevant information to promote continuity of care. • Demonstrates competence in care of patients with complex problems including physical, psychosocial, educational and safety aspects of care. • Performs bedside point of care testing as required for patient care plan. • Utilizes healthcare organization and nursing standards, policies and procedures in delivery of care. • Organizes and prioritizes care according to patient/family needs. • Consults with appropriate resources regarding patients with complex care issues, unusual teaching needs and/or those at high risk for discharge planning. • Develops goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations with assistance. • Participates in development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities. • Effectively uses communication systems and promotes cost-effective care. • Gives feedback to co-workers and promotes a safe, clean and secure hospital environment. • Recognizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care including physical, psychosocial, education and safety needs. • Synthesizes assessment data into meaningful whole prior to communication to others. • Assesses and anticipates discharge needs of individual patients and families. • Develops relationships with families to 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. • Identifies and addresses cultural and ethnic issues in planning patient care. • Demonstrates ability to prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems. • Reads journals that contain studies or articles applicable to practice and brings ideas and questions to staff for assessment of applicability. Job Requirements • One (1) year of nursing experience required. • Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina. • Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification (AHA or ARC) required. Schedule Information • Contract length is 13 weeks. Additional Details • Required Education: Nursing Diploma OR ADN or ASN from an accredited school of Nursing. • Preferred Education: BSN or MSN from an accredited school of Nursing.