RN - CVOR - Travel - Lakewood, CO - - Excellent Benefits 2024-11-17

TravelNurseSource is working with Cynet Health to find a qualified CVOR RN in Lakewood, Colorado, 80228!

About The Position

Job Title : Registered Nurse (RN) Job Specialty : Cardiovascular Operating Room Job Duration : 13 weeks Shift : 10-hour day shift, variable start times;

includes rotating call on weekends, nights, and holidays Guaranteed Hours : 40 hours per week Experience : Minimum of 2 years of experience in Cardiovascular Operating Room License : State RN license or RN license from a participating state in the Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) Certifications : American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), and NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) Certification Must-Have : ACLS, PALS, and previous cardiac experience required Job Description : - Assume responsibility and accountability for facilitating, communicating, and collaborating with both the healthcare team and the patient / family to identify and meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the patient.

• Promote the optimal health, well-being, and safety of the patient through the use of the nursing process and in accordance with patient care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act.
• Demonstrate personal accountability for relationship-based care, organizational mission, and core values. - Assess patient’s physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, and review of medical records and clinical data.
• Evaluate patient’s response and intervene to ensure optimal patient outcomes. - Develop and implement patient care plans and observe outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrate competency in a variety of therapeutic and diagnostic interventions including, but not limited to, IVs, incision / wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collections.
• Provide patient / family education through assessment of patient / family learning readiness, needs, and ability. Provide teaching and evaluate the effectiveness of the teaching.
• Recognize the patient or designee as a full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for the patient's preferences, values, and needs.
• Provide relationship-based care by understanding what is most important to the individual and actively engaging them in all aspects of care, with respect for cultural differences and the diversity of human experience.
• Delegate to non-RN personnel in accordance with the State Board of Nursing and hospital policy. - Effectively use time, personnel, equipment, and supplies to provide high-quality, cost-effective patient care.
• Serve as a professional role model for all staff, demonstrating ethical, legal, and professional nursing processes. - Manage resources and patient flow by matching nursing competencies with individualized patient and unit needs.
• Use standards of care, hospital policies / procedures, and regulatory guidelines to guide practice. - Function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care.
• Precept and mentor new staff or nursing students as needed. Seek out learning opportunities and continuing education. - Seek experiences that reflect current practice to maintain skills and competence in clinical practice or role performance.
• Maintain professional records that provide evidence of competency and lifelong learning. - Evaluate one’s own integrity and nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules, and regulations.

Take action to achieve goals identified during the evaluation process. - Verbalize an understanding of the value of measurement and the importance of continuous quality improvement data.

• Use quality measures to improve performance and accountability for patient outcomes, patient experiences, and the safe delivery of care.
• Participate in unit-based quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research activities. - Use current healthcare research findings and other evidence to expand clinical knowledge, enhance role performance, and increase knowledge of professional issues.
• Adapt to rapidly changing technology as evidenced by competence in technology and equipment used in the patient care setting.
• Maintain thorough and confidential patient charts and records. Document ongoing status, interventions, patient response, and outcomes in an accurate, timely manner.
• Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate errors, and support decision-making.

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Job Requirements

Required for Onboarding

• ACLS - AHA
• BLS - AHA
• Core Competency
• Pharmacology
• Skills Checklist
• Specialty Exam

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