22nd Century Healthcare is seeking a local contract nurse RN School RN Level II for a local contract nursing job in Nashville, Tennessee.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: School RN
- Discipline: RN
- Duration: 26 weeks
- 40 hours per week
- Shift: 8 hours, days
- Employment Type: Local Contract
Shift: Early Shift (5:00 AM - 12:30 PM)
Job Duties:
- Provides nursing care and procedures according to physicians' orders and nursing protocol.
- Assesses patient's health, administers medications as prescribed, takes vital signs, records medical documentation in student files.
- Evaluates possible side effects and the overall effectiveness of medication.
- Implement nursing plan of care by administering medication, nursing treatments, and patient education.
- Performs BLS (basic life support), CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation), and other emergency responses.
- Participate in emergency response setting for both students and staff.
- Provides supportive, emergency care, and as needed one on one care for the following disease populations: seizure disorder, diabetes Type I & II and insipidus, adrenal insufficiency, shunts, asthmatic, anaphylaxis, gastrostomy tube, ventilator, and others that may not be listed depending on students enrolled at the time.
- Performs initial and ongoing assessments according to protocol.
- Collects student clinic registration paperwork from parents and physicians including but not limited to health history, emergency care plans, medication orders, physical, and consents.
- Performs diagnostic tests on collected specimens to determine patient's health status.
- Discusses the student's comprehensive health plan with other staff to identify the student's needs.
- Assigns job duties and activities to subordinates.
- Counts and tracks drugs (narcotics), instruments, and other accountable items.
- Maintains health care equipment, supplies, and inventory including maintaining all AEDs throughout campus.
- May supervise Licensed Practical Nurse or other staff up to 6 at a time.
Requirements:
- Active RN License for the state of TN.
- Active BLS/ CPR.
About 22nd Century Healthcare
22nd Century Technologies Inc., (TSCTI) is one the fastest growing healthcare staffing companies in the United States. With presence in all 50 States and 6000+ employees nationwide, we have been providing unparallel healthcare and technology staffing services to Public and Private sectors for 25 years.
Started as a technology staffing company in 1997, we have significantly expanded our healthcare practice to both Clinical and Non-Clinical staffing, serving various facilities, healthcare organizations and government agencies. Our ISO certified staffing practices and technology driven staffing procedures - from recruitment to on boarding, along with an internal pre-vetted resume database of healthcare professionals, have enabled us to successfully deliver more than $40M of healthcare staffing services with over 600,000 hours of medical staffing in the last five years.