Travel Contract

Travel Nurse RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit
Pompton Plains, New Jersey
Chilton Medical Center

$2,248-2,497/week
Posted 1 hour ago  Verified
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Common job information

    Certification details
  • Valid NJ RN License
  • BLS Required
  • ACLS Required
  • PCCN Preferred
    Job details
  • Collects health history data from patient/family/significant other, and from previous medical records, while interacting with patient based on adolescent, adult or geriatric principles of communication.
  • Completes admission assessment within the acceptable time frame.
  • Continually reassesses the developmental biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, educational, and discharge needs of patients.
  • Creates individualized age appropriate plan of care by involving patient family significant other, reflecting the need for safety, education, and a healing atmosphere.
  • Updates and revises the plan of care as needed and as patient status changes, in consultation with patient, family and caregiver.
  • Develops realistic outcomes/resolutions based on developmental stage in life, integrating into practice the physiological changes and psychological needs related to the elderly (i.e., skin integrity, safety, depression).
  • Recognizes and documents interventions needed to obtain outcomes/resolutions.
  • Continually reevaluates patients' needs accurately, initiating appropriate nursing actions to address needs.
  • Delegates responsibilities for care, when applicable, and makes assignments according to skill level of care giver.
  • Performs patient care activities based on priorities of care.
  • Integrates, delegates and coordinates patient care using an interdisciplinary approach.
  • Documentation reflects the patient's response to nursing interventions, medications, treatments and education while corresponding to age appropriate expectations.
  • Documentation is legible, timely, accurate and in accordance with policy and procedure.
  • Complies with Department of Health and other regulatory agency requirements.
  • Updates bed boards and communication of bedsides needs.
  • Assesses patients'/family's/significant others' comprehension, skill level and barriers to learning.
  • Initiates and coordinates patient/family/significant other teaching utilizing age-appropriate instructions and teaching tools to reinforce areas of knowledge deficit.
  • Provides teaching bag to each patient, reviewing its contents upon unit admission.
  • Documents all teaching performed to both patients/families on interdisciplinary teaching record.
  • Discharge plan is initiated at the time of admission and implemented throughout the hospital length of stay.
  • Participates in interdisciplinary patient care meetings.
  • Develops, initiates, and participates in the process of patient education, discharge instructions, and preparation of patient/family/significant other for discharge.
  • Continues education and reinforcement of patient discharge plan with all involved.
  • Accomplishes a timely, comfortable, and safe discharge.
  • Transcribes orders correctly.
  • Signs off orders, using date, time, initial, full last name and status correctly and in a timely manner.
  • Utilizes Computer system.
  • Accepts phone orders as per policy and documents readback.
  • Clarifies unclear, illegible, or non-specific orders, prior to implementation.
  • Other duties may be assigned.
  • Applies telemetry leads correctly for monitoring; addresses the purpose of cardiac monitoring with the patient family significant other.
  • Coordinates with the Telemetry Technician individualized arrhythmic parameters for the patient's condition to ensure correct alarm settings are set.
  • Interprets and documents telemetry monitoring strips accurately keeping attending Physician informed of ectopy.
  • Initiates chest pain protocol as indicated utilizing appropriate nursing interventions and documenting outcomes.
  • Follows telemetry standing orders.
  • Manages patients on high risk intravenous cardiac drugs and understands the implications of treatment.
  • Assists with elective cardioversion
    Job requirements
  • Valid NJ RN License
  • BLS Required
  • ACLS Required
  • PCCN Preferred
  • 1-2 years of experience in Cardiac/Telemetry
  • 1-2 years in Acute Care
  • Basic dysrhythmia experience required
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Chilton Medical Center

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  • Not-For-Profit Hospital
  • Short Term Acute Care
  • 180 beds
  • Epic Systems Corporation
ADDRESS97 W ParkwayPompton Plains, NJ 07444
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