Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg - $2,349 per week

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  • Bay Area Hospital
Job Summary
Location
Coos Bay ,OR 97420
Job Type
Contract
Visa
Any Valid Visa
Salary
PayRate
Qualification
BCA
Experience
2Years - 10Years
Posted
28 Nov 2024
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Job Description
    Certification Details
  • BLS
  • OR state licensure (willing to obtain)
    Job Details
  • Provides holistic care for post-operative patients, including those who have had orthopedic, bariatric, urologic, or general surgical procedures
  • Assesses patients, as appropriate to the scope of care the nurse will provide. Assessments may include: physical, psychosocial, learning needs and barriers, needs related to age/culture, discharge planning.
  • Establishes nursing diagnoses based on results of assessments and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
  • Plans care according to identified diagnoses and needs. Updates plan of care as appropriate.
  • Implements/performs individualized care, based on nursing care plan and the nurse’s role with the patient. This care may include but not be limited to: Assisting with activities of daily living, including fall risk management and safe patient handling.
  • Medication administration
  • Skin assessment/wound care
  • Pain management
  • Operation/manipulation of biomedical and other patient care and testing equipment.
  • Assisting the physician and other licensed, independent practitioners with invasive and non-invasive procedures.
  • Teaching patients and their families about current illness, medical tests, medication, general healthcare, illness and disease prevention, and wellness promotion.
  • Providing appropriate assignment, supervision, and direction to unlicensed assistive personnel in order to ensure optimum patient care.
  • Providing interdisciplinary coordination and facilitation of overall care.
  • Documents patient assessments, interventions, care, and teaching in the electronic medical record.
    Job Requirements
  • Recent (within 2 years) acute care hospital experience
  • Recent post surgical acute care experience with orthopedic (total joint replacement, spinal, trauma, and/or bariatric surgery patients)
    Schedule Information
  • The charge nurse does not take a patient assignment, their expected to help the team with the flow of the unit, tasks, and discharge paperwork/appointments.
    Unit Specific Information
  • We are a med/surg level of care unit, with 30 beds, where 75% of our patients have had a surgical procedure, the others being medical overflow.
  • Our ratios are 1:4 on day shift, 1:5 on nights.
  • We see patients from the following surgical specialties: Ortho, General Surgery, Urology, Otolaryngology, Podiatry
  • Bay Area Hospital is a Joint Replacement Destination Center
  • Continuous bladder irrigation is common.
    Additional Details
  • PROFILE REQUIREMENTS: Resume, Skills checklist (within 1 year)
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