Travel Nurse RN - Med/Surg - $2,354 per week in Colorado Springs, CO
Cynet Health
Colorado Springs, CO
United States
Job Description
Job Title: RN Float Pool
Profession: Registered Nurse
Specialty: MedSurg/Tele
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: 12-hour day shift, 12-hour night shift
Hours per Shift: 12
Experience: One year preferred
License: State RN license or RN license from a participating state in the NLC
Certifications: American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) Certification
Must-Have: Nursing skills and knowledge base specific to specialty
Description:
Assess patients' physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, review of medical records, and clinical data.
Evaluate patients' responses and intervene to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
Develop and implement patient care plans and observe outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
Demonstrate competency in a variety of therapeutic and diagnostic interventions including IVs, incision and wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collections.
Promote, advocate, and collaborate to protect the health, safety, and rights of each patient.
Provide patient and family education through assessment of learning readiness, needs, and ability.
Provide teaching and evaluate the effectiveness of teaching.
Recognize the patient or designee as a full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for preferences, values, and needs.
Deliver relationship-based care, striving to understand what is most important to the individual and actively engage them in all aspects of care.
Provide care with respect for cultural differences and the diversity of human experience.
Delegate tasks to non-RN personnel according to State Board of Nursing regulations and hospital policy.
Effectively use time, personnel, equipment, and supplies to provide high-quality, cost-effective patient care.
Serve as a professional role model for staff, demonstrating ethical, legal, and professional nursing processes.
Manage resources and patient flow by matching nursing competencies with individual patient and unit needs.
Use standards of care, hospital policies and procedures, and regulatory guidelines to guide practice.
Function effectively within nursing and interprofessional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care.
Precept and mentor new staff or nursing students as needed.
Seek learning opportunities and continuing education to maintain skills and competence in clinical practice or role performance.
Maintain professional records that provide evidence of competency and lifelong learning.
Evaluate personal integrity and nursing practice in relation to professional standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, and regulations.
Take action to achieve goals identified during evaluations.
Demonstrate commitment to the organization through ongoing participation in hospital and unit-based meetings.
Understand the value of measurement and the importance of continuous quality improvement data.
Use quality measures to improve performance and accountability for patient outcomes, experiences, and safe delivery of care.
Participate in unit-based quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research activities.
Utilize current healthcare research findings and other evidence to expand clinical knowledge, enhance role performance, and increase knowledge of professional issues.
Floating may be required to any location within sixty (60) miles of the original assignment location or identified float zone.
Float assignments may include duties outside of original job requirements in accordance with policy.