Travel Registered Nurse - MedSurg/Telemetry - $1,972 per week in Calypso, 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 seeks guidance as needed in revision of plan of care.
• Participates in discussion with interdisciplinary team in evaluation of patient care and 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.
• Achieves goals and objectives within identified time frame or renegotiates with supervisor.
• Participates in development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities.
• Effectively uses communication systems and participates in promoting cost-effective care.
• Gives feedback to co-workers and is aware of public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting the health care environment.
• Promotes a safe, clean and secure hospital environment for all.
• 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 that 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 that may be applicable to practice and brings ideas and questions to the staff for assessment of applicability.

Job Requirements
• One (1) year of nursing experience.