Travel Nurse RN - Labor/Delivery in Garden City, KS

Job Title : Registered Nurse (RN)

Job Specialty : Labor and Delivery

Job Duration : 13 Weeks

Shift : Night - 3x12 - 7pm to 7am (36 Hours)

Guaranteed Hours : 36 Hours per week

Experience : One year of experience preferred; Nursing skills and knowledge base specific to specialty.

License : State RN license or RN license from a participating state in the NLC - Required

Certifications :

• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) - Required
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Certification - Required
• Electronic Fetal Monitoring (C-EFM) Certification / or Association of Women's Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Certification - Required

Must-Have :

• Therapeutic Patient Care Experience
• Wound Care Skills
• Medical Records Management
• Mentoring Experience

Job Description :

• Assess patients' physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, and review of medical records and clinical data.
• Evaluate patients' 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 various therapeutic / diagnostic interventions, including but not limited to IVs, incision / wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collections.
• Promote, advocate, and collaborate to protect the health, safety, and rights of each patient.
• Provide patient and family education through assessment of learning readiness, needs, and abilities. Evaluate the effectiveness of 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.
• Deliver relationship-based care with respect for cultural differences and diversity of human experience.
• Delegate to non-RN personnel following State Board of Nursing and hospital policy.
• Use time, personnel, equipment, and supplies effectively 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, matching nursing competencies with individualized patient and unit needs.
• Follow 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 / mentor new staff or nursing students as needed.
• Seek learning opportunities and continuing education to maintain skills and competence in clinical practice or role performance.
• Maintain professional records providing evidence of competency and lifelong learning.
• Evaluate own integrity and nursing practice concerning professional standards, guidelines, statutes, rules, and regulations.
• Take action to achieve goals identified during the evaluation process.
• Demonstrate commitment to the organization through participation in hospital and unit-based meetings.
• Understand the value of measurement and the importance of continuous quality improvement data.
• Use quality measures to improve performance and accountability for patient outcomes, experiences, and 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.
10 days ago