RN - Medical / Surgical

Job Title : Registered Nurse (RN) Job Specialty : Medical / Surgical Job Duration : 13 Weeks Shift : 12-hour night shift 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 Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) Certifications : - American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) - Required- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) - Required- NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) Certification - Required Must-Have : - Patient care skills- Experience in wound care- Ability to educate patients and families- English proficiency (speak, read, write) Job Description : - Assess the physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs of patients through observation, interviews, and reviewing medical records and clinical data.

• Evaluate patients' responses and intervene to ensure optimal outcomes.- Develop and implement patient care plans and observe outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrate competency in therapeutic / diagnostic interventions such as IVs, incision / wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collection.
• Promote, advocate, and collaborate to protect the health, safety, and rights of each patient.- Provide patient and family education by assessing their readiness to learn, needs, and abilities.
• 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, striving to understand what is most important to each individual and actively engaging them in all aspects of care.
• Deliver care with respect for cultural differences and the diversity of human experience.- Delegate tasks to non-RN personnel in accordance with 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 through 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 / mentor new staff or nursing students as needed.- Seek out learning opportunities and continuing education.- Maintain professional records that provide evidence of competency and lifelong learning.
• Evaluate personal 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.- Participate 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, patient experiences, and safe delivery of care.
• Participate in unit-based quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research activities.- Use current healthcare research findings and evidence to expand clinical knowledge, enhance role performance, and increase knowledge of professional issues.

Schedule Notes : Pre-assigned location; will only float within a designated zone for critical needs.