Travel Nurse RN - Long-Term Care in Miles City, MT

Job Title : Registered Nurse (RN)

Job Specialty : Extended Care

Job Duration : 10 weeks

Shift : Night - 12x3 - 7 PM to 7 AM - 36 Hours

Guaranteed Hours : 36

Experience : Minimum years of experience not specified

License : Current license as a Registered Nurse in the state of practice

Certifications : BLS - American Heart Association

Must-Have : ASN - Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing

Job Description :

• Utilize an interpersonal process focusing on the total individual and role within family, culture, and society.
• Implement the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Advocate for residents by ensuring they have adequate information to make health decisions and by coordinating total care.
• Work with residents to achieve or maintain their highest practicable level of function.
• Ensure quality of resident care meets legal and professional standards.
• Act as a role model for other members of the health care team.
• Complete holistic, age-specific admission history, physical assessment, and nursing care plan on all assigned residents continuously.
• Analyze and incorporate clinical data to formulate an individualized care plan.
• Identify and document residents at risk for nutritional and functional status.
• Identify and report signs / symptoms of neglect / abuse related to child, domestic, or elder abuse.
• Set priorities and review the daily care plan in collaboration with resident, family, significant others, and other healthcare disciplines.
• Delegate to team members based on resident needs, continuity of care, and staff knowledge.
• Communicate with physicians to ensure coordination of medical and nursing care plans.
• Demonstrate competence in technical skills and proactively manage urgent / emergent resident care situations.
• Prepare and administer medications and IVs per scope of practice and hospital policy.
• Document nursing interventions, residents' responses to care, and resident outcomes.
• Evaluate data to revise the care plan to meet changing needs.
• Educate residents, families, and interdisciplinary team members on care needs, including discharge planning.
• Supervise, coach, counsel, and evaluate the performance of assigned CNA staff.
• Follow CMS regulations and Medicare skilled criteria to ensure documentation supports compliance and reflects resident status.
• Maintain organized, efficient delivery of care by a team assigned for daily tasks and delegate appropriately.

Skills & Experience :

• Ability to read and write at a level sufficient to fulfill documentation requirements.
• Proficiency in technical skills such as typing, filing, and utilization of content management systems.
• Physical capability to lift objects over 100 lbs, with frequent lifting / carrying up to 50 lbs.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills for working with a diverse team and resident population.

Preferred Skills & Experience :

• Understanding of discharge planning, patient education, wound care, and X-ray reading.
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