Travel Nurse RN - Gastroenterology - $800 per week at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
Mattoon, IL 61938
About the Job
- Registered Nurses in Special Procedures are responsible for pre and postoperative assessment, intra procedural monitoring and assisting providers deliver exceptional care.
- Teaching - Employs teaching strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
- Relationships - Establishes effective working relationships with peers, physicians, and other members of the health care team. Identifies and confers with appropriate resources regarding patient care decisions.
- Planning - Develops a plan that prescribes strategies to attain expected, measurable outcomes.
- Outcomes Identification - Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the patient or situation.
- Knowledge - In collaboration with Leader/Director, actively pursues required knowledge and skills through orientation activities specific to the unit, unit based in-service programs, reading current literature and seeking new clinical learning opportunities.
- Implementation - Implements care and supervises care delivered by other team members in alignment with the plan of care and approved safety and infection control standards.
- Evaluation- Evaluates progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes. Reports data and outcomes to as appropriate to physician and/or other disciplines.
- Diagnosis - Analyzes assessment data to determine actual or potential diagnosis, problems, and issues.
- Provides rationale for patient care decisions based on standards of care specific to department.
- Collaborates with physicians and other members of the health care team to address issues related to patients through the process of mutual information sharing, discussion, and decision making.
- Participates in the ongoing variance monitoring of clinical pathways.
- Assists with GI diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and performing cleaning of scopes.
- Performs and assists with procedures including, but not limited to conscious sedation, pain management, IV therapy, blood and byproduct administration, bronchoscopy, minor surgery.
- Takes call after hours as assigned.
- Educates patients and families appropriately for their procedures and treatment.
- Consistently processes patient charges for procedures and supplies correctly.
- Consistently documents care and service in accordance with current Plan for Provision of Care, systems (i.e. Meditech) and protocols.
- Handles patient phone calls for patient education and/or reassurance needs.
- Assessment- Collects pertinent data and information relative to the patient's health or the situation. Recognizes normal and abnormal findings when gathering data.
- Coordination of Care- Plans and evaluates care in collaboration with appropriate disciplines for assigned patients.
Job Details
- ADN (Required)
- ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support W/I 90 Days
- BLS or CPR certification within 90 days of hire.
- Experience with Gastroenterology, Pulmonology and/or Conscious Sedation preferred but not required.
Job Requirements
- Dress Code: Business Casual
- Approximately 10 - 12 patients per day
- By submitting your applicant to this need you are acknowledging that you have checked and have no inclination that your candidate has applied directly to this position. Any candidate that has applied directly is not eligible to be onboarded through an agency.
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