Travel Nurse RN - ED - Emergency Department - $2,792 per week
Brookdale Hospital Medical Center - 1545 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY, United States
$2.8K a week
Full-time
Job Details
- The Registered Professional Nurse is responsible and accountable for prescribing and coordinating all nursing care as defined by The New York State Nursing Practice Act.
- Interventions are carried out in collaboration with the care providers and other members of the healthcare team in response to patient and family needs.
- The Registered Professional Nurse is responsible for care delivery and renders services to patients ranging from newborn and adult.
Job Requirements
- Assesses patient’s physical, social, behavioral, and mental status through direct observation, interview, and medical record review.
- Includes assessment from history and data collection as obtained from the patient and / or care providers.
- Determines mobility, sensory deficits, and skin condition and adjusts plan of care as appropriate.
- Documents a nursing assessment to include psychosocial, environmental factors, educational level, and needs.
- Obtains and reviews available database and any data collected by other members of the health team (medical / surgical / other history, physical exam mental status, therapist reports, physician, and community referrals).
- Identifies medical problems resulting from psychological / mental illness and use of medications.
- Communicates findings with other members of the health team (Social Worker, Case managers, therapist, physician).
- Identifies and addresses needs for admission based on acute medical / surgical diagnoses and presenting physical / psychological symptoms.
- Identifies and addresses patient level of education and learning needs.
- Makes appropriate referral to other disciplines and documents same.
Additional Details
- Management of clinical skills in the provision of nursing care and management of the patient.
- Intervenes appropriately in medical / surgical and critical emergencies utilizing crisis intervention.
- Utilizes critical thinking in assessment of patients and in interventions.
- Utilizes infection control procedures and protocols.
- Provides for psychosocial needs of all critically ill patients.
- Provides health teaching and medication instructions to patients / next of kin.
- Ensures that all procedures are performed based on established standards of care.
- Demonstrates competency in performing all procedures within the scope of practice and in accordance with Interfaith Medical Center.
- Investigates and communicates all required information regarding unusual occurrences and patient care incidents.
- Acts as a patient advocate.
- Revises the patient’s plan of care based on evaluation of interventions and expected outcomes in collaboration with other members of the health care team.
23 hours ago