Integrated Healthcare Services is seeking a travel nurse RN PCU - Progressive Care Unit for a travel nursing job in Morristown, New Jersey.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit
- Discipline: RN
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, days
- Employment Type: Travel
-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.
-Notifies consults when admitting criteria has been identified.
-Completes Braden scale.
-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).
-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.
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.
-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.
-Signs off orders, using date, time, 1st initial, full last name and status correctly and in a timely manner.
-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 and assists with elective cardioversion. Other duties may be assigned.
RightSourcing IHS Job ID . Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.