Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit
Youngstown, OH
Medasource
3x12 hrs
Referral Bonus

Summary of Primary Function/General Purpose of Position:

- The Stepdown Registered Nurse (RN) delivers patient care utilizing the nursing process through data collection and assessment, identifying and determining the priority of patient’s problems/needs, and evaluating the process and outcome of nursing care, all in collaboration with the interdisciplinary care team.

- The RN coordinates, provides, and directs patient teaching activities and coordinates the care provided by health team members.

Essential Job Functions:

- Conducts initial and ongoing patient assessment, analyzes assessment data, creates a plan of care, implements treatment, and evaluates treatment effectiveness

- Administers medications in a safe manner consistent with the State of Practice and hospital policies and procedures.

- Serves as point of contact for patient's care coordination throughout hospital departments.

- Acts as a patient safety advocate by participating in ongoing quality improvement in the department.

- Serves as patient advocate in collaboration with spiritual care, palliative care, and ethics.

- Serves as a point of care with care coordination and family members or caregivers.

- Clinically manages patients with multi-system organ failure and/or multisystem trauma.

- Using the AACN Synergy Model, restores, supports, promotes, rehabilitates, or palliates to maintain the physiologic, psychologic, and psychosocial stability of patients across the lifespan.

- Synthesizes and prioritizes information in order to take immediate and decisive evidence-based, patient-focused action using clinical judgement and clinical inquiry.

- Anticipates and responds with confidence and adapts to rapidly changing patient conditions.

- Responds to the unique needs of the patients and families coping with unanticipated illness or injury and treatment and advocate for their choices in quality of life.

- Nurses are expected to practice and deliver care in accordance with the core concepts and intention of the hospital Nursing Professional Practice Model.

Licensing/Certification:

- Current RN license in state they are working or covered by compact (required)

- BLS Basic Life Support (preferred upon hire, must obtain from approved source prior to direct patient care)

- ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support (preferred)

- CCRN Critical Care Registered Nurse (preferred)

- PCCN Progressive Care Certified Nurse (preferred)

- National Institute of Health(NIH) Stroke Certification (preferred)

- Education Bachelor of Science Nursing (preferred)

Work Experience:

- 1 year of RN experience (required)

- 6 months RN experience in an acute care hospital setting (preferred)

- Training EPIC Electronic Health Record (EHR) training (preferred)

- Critical Care Course (preferred)

Skills:

- Assigns patient care according to the nursing skill, knowledge, and scope of practice of staff.

- Orients, facilitates learning experience, and provides education (based upon quality improvement indicators, outcomes, and implementation) to nursing staff and others.

- Possesses clinical knowledge, skills, and competency to provide evidence-based patient care in accordance with the current standards of practice, policy and procedure, and BSMH mission.

- Performs comprehensive assessment of patient's clinical condition and psychosocial needs of the patient and their supportive resources.

- Safely and efficiently develops, implements, and prioritizes plan of care.

- Application of the nursing process in patient care delivery.

- Assesses patient's physical and emotional responses to treatment to evaluate effectiveness of intervention and patient outcomes; revises plan of care accordingly.

- Assists patient and family in coping with patient's illness.

- Collaborates with others in the delivery of coordinated patient care.

- Strong interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills.

- Applies cultural diversity and inclusion principles when caring for patients and their support resources.

- Recognizes own limitations and seeks assistance and acquires information to perform safely.

- Advances personal and professional growth through participation in educational programs, current literature, in-services, and workshops.

- Exhibits professionalism through accountability for own and delegated actions.

- Integrates cost-effective measures into practice and models effective stewardship of available resources.

- Practices self-care and cultivates resilience in conflict and difficult circumstances.

- Protects the safety and privacy of all persons.

- Understanding and utilization of office and clinical technologies.

- Ability to communicate with patients in a manner they can understand considering their personal preferences.

- Compassionate, relationship-based approach to help find meaning in illness, suffering, pain, and existence.

- Remains calm, adaptive, and collective during an emergency.

- Manages care of patients with chest tubes.

- Assesses patients through hemodynamic monitoring.

- Inserts and monitors transvenous pacing/temporary pacing.

- Administers means for conscious sedation.

- Knowledge of advanced respiratory modalities.

- Adults(18-64 years)

- Geriatrics (65 years and older)