Travel Nurse RN - Emergency Room (ER) / Trauma - $2,119 per week in Lexington, KY

Job Title: RN Profession: Nursing Specialty: Emergency Department Duration: 13 weeks Shift: First Shift Hours per Shift: 12 hours Experience: No experience required License: Active, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license in the applicable state Certifications: BLS required Must-Have: - Accepts responsibility for words, actions, attitude, and results while meeting deadlines and performance expectations. - Practices effective, clear, and respectful communications (both verbal and written) and demonstrates attentiveness through active listening and engaged body language. - Collaborates, respects, and cooperates with all co-workers, valuing differences and addressing concerns directly. - Actively contributes to the vision and results of the team. - Warmly, personally, and professionally greets all internal and external customers. - Promotes a high level of satisfaction by providing information about what to expect. - Actively listens and intentionally follows up on questions and concerns. - Shows an understanding and knowledge of computer systems and applications and/or ability to be trained. - Ability to communicate and collaborate with other care team members. - Ability to assess age-specific patient safety issues and implement appropriate safety devices for all patients. Description: The RN implements professional nursing practice centered on the patient as a whole person. Focus is on the creation of a caring environment centered on healing and wellness. Nursing practices are based on evidence and current research as well as hospital policies and procedures. Clinical decision-making incorporates all four phases of the nursing process, critical thinking, and creativity. Nursing excellence is promoted through supportive relationships among nursing staff and across other disciplines. Coordinates, ensures, and provides direct patient care activities on the unit through various responsibilities. These include provision of nursing rounds, assessments, and treatments. Facilitates admission, transfer, and discharge activities. Provides patient and family-centered education, care coordination, and individualized treatment planning as applicable. Responsibilities include: - Performing and documenting a comprehensive assessment in accordance with RN's scope of practice and hospital policies/procedures. - Considering the patient’s culture, age, and developmental level. - Identifying patient risk factors and presenting complaints. - Obtaining patient health information from family or others as necessary. - Collecting objective and subjective data for comprehensive assessment. - Verifying initial admission assessment if obtained by other members of the healthcare team. - Developing a problem list and prioritizing patient needs. - Designing actions and interventions relevant to patient’s culture and age. - Determining desired outcomes in coordination with patient and family in accordance with the medical plan of care. - Fully implementing patient care therapies and procedures within the scope of practice. - Explaining procedures, treatments, and processes to patients and families. - Initiating actions to alleviate patient stress and discomfort. - Recognizing, responding to, and communicating changes in patient condition appropriately. - Conducting and documenting ongoing assessments and responses to procedures and therapies. - Delegating tasks appropriately and overseeing team members in performance of activities regarding patient care. - Monitoring accuracy and completeness of delegated patient care provided by other team members. - Identifying and addressing educational needs of patients related to prioritized problems. - Facilitating the patient discharge process by executing discharge orders in a timely manner. - Providing input into patient/nurse assignments. - Demonstrating active participation in unit-based activities that support organizational values. - Promoting a positive group dynamic and healing environment. - Assuring nursing excellence in accordance with accepted standards and evidence-based practice. - Actively participating in department and/or unit quality improvement activities and core measures. - Using a holistic perspective regarding patient care.