Travel Nurse RN - Med/Surg / Telemetry - $2,077 per week in Elizabethtown, KY

Job Title: Registered Nurse Profession: Nursing Specialty: Registered Nurse Duration: 13 weeks Shift: Third Shift Hours per Shift: 12 hours Experience: No experience required License: Active, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license in the applicable state Certifications: BLS Must-Have: - Accepts responsibility for actions and results while meeting deadlines and performance expectations. - Practices effective, clear, and respectful communication (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, while actively contributing to team goals. - Greets all internal and external customers warmly and professionally, promoting high satisfaction by providing information about what to expect and actively listening. - Shows an understanding and knowledge of computer systems and applications or the ability to be trained. - Ability to communicate and collaborate with other care team members. - Ability to assess patient safety issues related to age and implement appropriate safety devices. Description: The Registered Nurse implements professional nursing practice centered on the patient as a whole person. Creates a caring environment focused on healing and wellness. Nursing practices are based on evidence and current research, hospital policies, and professional guidelines. Clinical decision-making incorporates all four phases of the nursing process, critical thinking, and creativity. Promotes nursing excellence through relationships among nursing staff and across disciplines. Coordinates, ensures, and provides direct patient care activities. Conducts assessments and treatments while facilitating admission, transfer, and discharge activities. Provides patient and family-centered education. Coordinates care and develops individualized treatment plans as applicable. Performs and documents comprehensive patient assessments in accordance with established policies. Considers the patient's culture, age, and developmental level. Identifies patient risk factors and presenting complaints. Obtains health information from family or others as necessary. Collects objective and subjective data for thorough patient evaluations. Develops a problem list and prioritizes needs based on input from the inter-professional team. Designs actions and interventions relevant to the patient’s culture and age. Determines desired outcomes in coordination with the patient and family. Implements patient care therapies and procedures according to established policies and guidelines. Explains procedures and treatments to patients and families. Initiates actions to alleviate patient stress and discomfort. Recognizes and communicates changes in patient conditions appropriately. Documents ongoing assessments and responses to therapies according to hospital policy. Delegates tasks and oversees team members in the performance of patient care activities. Monitors the accuracy and completeness of delegated care provided by other team members. Identifies and addresses educational needs of patients according to their level of comprehension. Facilitates the patient discharge process by executing discharge orders promptly. Assures nursing excellence in accordance with accepted standards and evidence-based practice. Actively participates in quality improvement activities and compliance measures such as patient satisfaction and safety audits. Uses a holistic perspective regarding patient care.