Local Contract Nurse RN - Med Surg / Telemetry - $60 per hour at Prokatchers

Prokatchers is seeking a local contract nurse RN Med Surg / Telemetry for a local contract nursing job in Brooklyn, New York.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Med Surg / Telemetry
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, days
• Employment Type: Local Contract

Pay Rate: $60.00/hr.

Standard Shift: Days

Weekly Schedule: 3x12

Job Summary:
The Registered Professional Nurse is responsible and accountable for prescribing, delegating, and coordinating all nursing care as defined by The New York State Nursing Practice Act.
Comprehensive Medical/Surgical nursing care focuses on helping each patient to achieve their optimum health potential.
This is achieved within the framework of the nursing process.
The Medical/Surgical/Telemetry Registered Professional Nurse is responsible and renders services to Adult Medical/Surgical/Telemetry patients ranging from 18 years and older.

Roles and Responsibilities:
In accordance with professional nursing standards and practices, the Medical/Surgical nurse will provide nursing care to all patients with medical and surgical diagnoses.
The Telemetry Medical/Surgical Nurse/ is responsible and accountable for the nursing care of the patients.
Perform other duties as required.
Assessment:
Assesses patient’s physical, social and behavioral, mental status through direct observation, interview, and medical record review.
Determines mobility, sensory deficits, prostheses use, and skin condition and adjusts plan of care, as appropriate.
Monitors heart rate, blood pressure, and pulse oximetry measurements.
Obtains a baseline strips each shift on all monitored patients.
Interprets EKG rhythm strips, arrhythmias, cardiac baseline changes and abnormalities.
Performs ongoing observation of the cardiac monitors.
Utilizes observational skills to assess patient’s needs.
Documents a nursing assessment to include psychosocial, environmental factors, educational level and needs.
Collaborates with the healthcare team and reports (escalates) changes and deteriorating conditions.
Initiates and discontinues monitoring equipment on admission, transfers and discharge as ordered.
Performs configurations if necessary.
Explain test results and procedures to patients and their families, as well as answering questions.
Communicates findings with other members of the health team. (Social Worker, Case managers, therapist, physician).
Follows policy related to the transport of monitored patients including but not limited to the preparation of monitored patients for transport.
Initiates and discharges patient from cardiac monitoring as ordered.
Performs other duties as required.
Planning:
Identifies and addresses needs for admission based on acute medical/surgical/cardiac diagnoses and presenting physical/psychological symptoms.
Identifies and addresses patient level of education, learning needs.
Formulates a goal directed individualized plan of care.
Makes appropriate referral to other disciplines and documents same.

Skills Required:
Management of clinical skills in the provision of nursing care and management of the patient.
Identification of symptoms.
Management of the disease entity.
Treatment modalities.
Administration of medications.
Utilizes critical thinking in assessment of patients and in interventions.
Utilizes infection control procedures; collaborates with the infection control department in preventing and controlling infection control.
Practices infection control: personal hygiene; hand washing; and dress code.
Provides for psychosocial and educational needs of all medical/surgical patients / families.
Provides health teaching and medication instructions.
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 or patient care incidents.
Acts as a patient advocate.
Revises the patient’s plan of care based on evaluation of the interventions and expected outcomes in collaboration with other members of the health care team.
Ability to communicate effectively in English both verbally and in writing.
One (01) year medical/surgical nursing experience is preferred.

Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.

Position Requirements:
Current License to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State.
Basic Life Support (BLS) and ACLS.

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Mission Statement:

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